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Drill Down

Category: Decomposition

How to use

Write the problem. Next, write the next level detail on the problem. Recursively break down each item into details.

Example

A restaurant quality problem can be broken down:

Advantage

This tool helps you break down a complex problem into workable pieces.

Previous volumes of the series

1. Introduction
2. Reversal
3. Appreciation

One Response to “Problem-Solving Tools Series: Drill Down”

1. Nam says:

   August 28, 2008 at 1:58 pm

   I think this is a method for break down the problem into many small problems and then we create list of tasks base on these ( look like a tree of headache ^^ ).
   And I think the efficency of this method is depend on how many question you can figure out each time you deal with an problem in that tree ?