100-Metodos-de-Qualidade-Total

138 100 METHODS FOR TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Method 59
list reduction
Purpose
To reduce a list of ideas to one of manageable size.
When to use
At the end of a brainstorming session or any session involving the generation
of ideas.
How to use
There are two main ways of reducing lists of ideas. These are 'hurdling' and
'voting'.
Hurdling
A way of testing the items on the list against a list of hurdles or criteria.
Examples of this might be 'Achievable in 8 weeks' or 'Costs less than
£10,000'. Those items that fail to jump the hurdle are then discarded.
This idea can be extended by compiling a list of 'musts' and 'wants'. The list
is divided into the two categories. If there are no 'wants', this can be achieved
by weighting the 'musts' by giving each a score on a scale 1-5. The higher the
score the more important the 'must'. Again, only those items that clear the
hurdles remain on the list.
Voting
It can be used by itself or with hurdling. The team decides how many votes
each person can be allocated. Each team member then allocates their votes
among the ideas generated. The ideas receiving fewest votes are crossed off
and the process is repeated until a final list of the key ideas is reached.
Benefits
Dealing with a very long list of ideas generated during a brainstorm can be
daunting. List reduction gives a structured approach to this task.
Example
A brainstorming session examined ways of reducing sickness absence. At the
end of the session, the group used hurdles to reduce the list generated. The