Chapter 9 The Goal Tree – A New Way to Make and Use It

DOI: 10.4324/9781003462385-9

One thing I haven’t yet touched on is the power of combining Lean, Six Sigma, and the Theory of Constraints. I will do that in a future chapter, but, in this chapter, I want to introduce you to a simple planning tool known as the Goal Tree. I began using the Goal Tree quite a few years ago, back when it was known as the Intermediate Objectives Map (IO Map), but, since then, I have modified it on numerous occasions so that it has become a very powerful planning tool for me.

The Goal Tree is something I have written about numerous times on my personal blog, and, as a matter of fact, in one of my blog post series, I introduced you to a book I had been reading, ...

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