http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Articles/Information-Design/Charts-and-Graphs A listing of the most recently indexed works about Articles and Information Design and Charts and Graphs in the field of technical communication. en-us Copyright (c) 2005-08 by the EServer. All rights reserved. tclib-editorial@eserver.org (TC Library Editorial Board) webmaster@eserver.org (Geoffrey Sauer) http://tc.eserver.org/images/newlogo.gif http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Articles/Information-Design/Charts-and-Graphs http://tc.eserver.org/32922.html http://tc.eserver.org/32922.html The affinity diagram, or KJ method (after its author, Kawakita Jiro), wasn't originally intended for quality management. Nonetheless, it has become one of the most widely used of the Japanese management and planning tools. The affinity diagram was developed to discovering meaningful groups of ideas within a raw list. In doing so, it is important to let the groupings emerge naturally, using the right side of the brain, rather than according to preordained categories. http://tc.eserver.org/32923.html http://tc.eserver.org/32923.html In design, our resources are limited. Priorities become a necessity. We need to ensure we are working on the most important parts of the problem. How do we assess what is most important? http://tc.eserver.org/32924.html http://tc.eserver.org/32924.html Affinity Diagramming is a very simple but powerful technique for grouping and understanding information. In particular, affinity diagramming provides a good way to identify and analyze issues. There are several variations of the technique. http://tc.eserver.org/29270.html http://tc.eserver.org/29270.html Affinity diagramming is a categorization method where users sort various concepts into several categories. This method is used by a team to organize a large amount of data according to the natural relationships between the items.