Quality Tools for Students
What are “quality tools” all about? How can they help me?
Quality tools are strategies to help individuals and groups communicate and participate as well as problem solve. You may be learning about these tools in school, but you will have many opportunities later in life -- in college or on the job -- to use these strategies to:
- Help everyone participate (making sure that everyone is heard)
- Problem solve using data (facts) to make good decisions
- Work effectively and efficiently (working smart and using time well)
Commonly Used Quality Tools
Learn more about the most common quality tools that can help you at school and with projects and homework:
- Consensograms – or -- How can I communicate what I feel or know?
- Affinity Diagram – or – How can I organize my ideas?
- Plus/delta (+/Δ) – or – How can I make suggestions to improve what is happening?
- Force Field Analysis – or –How can I analyze what is helping or
getting in the way with my learning?
- Action Plans – or – How do I plan for improvement or success?
- PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act) – How can I plan for continuous improvement?
- Graphs – or – How can I keep track of my progress?
More Quality Tools
Here are some other quality tools that might learn about in your class:
- Issue Bin
- Ground Rules
- Flow Chart
- Surveys