Seven Management and Planning Tools

The seven management and planning tools have their roots in operations research work done after World War II and the Japanese total quality control (TQC) research. The seven management and planning tools have their roots in operations research work done after World War II and the Japanese total quality control (TQC) research. Affinity diagrams are a special kind of brainstorming tool that organize large amount of disorganized data and information into groupings based on natural relationships.