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BPR Methods –Sidebar - TOC
•The Theory of Constraints provides several ‘thinking’ tools to help define and focus on the problem:
•Current Reality Tree – determines core problem
•Evaporating Cloud – resolves conflict
•Future Reality Tree – tests the validity of a solution
•Pre-requisite Logic Tree – identifies obstacles and potential ways to overcome them •Transition Logic Tree – represents the sequencing of objectives and highlights obstacles and ways to overcome them. Serves as an implementation plan
Dettmer H.W., Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints: A Systems Approach to Continuous Improvement, ASQC Quality Press, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1997