Solutions, or improvement proposals, are scored on how well they match the
improvement goals of the organization.
How-to
Complete the
Solution Desirability Matrix
as a team.
- Create a list of the
organizational improvement goals.
- Create a list of the
potential improvement solutions.
- Enter the improvement
solutions along the left side of the matrix and the improvement goals across
the top of the matrix.
- Apply a weighting factor to
each improvement goals. Use a scale of 1 to 9 to weight the importance of the
selection criteria. Use 1 for the least important criteria and 9 for the most
important criteria.
- Based on team input, rate
how well each solution matches each of the selection criteria. Use a scale of 1
to 9 to score the baseline. Use 1 for poor matches and 9 for strong matches to
the criteria.
- Examine the scores for each
alternative on the
Pareto chart.
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Additional guidelines
The
Pugh Matrix
is similar to the
Solution Desirability Matrix.
Both tools help you choose the best proposal from a list of competing
proposals. Choose the tool that is best for your application.
- Pugh Matrix
-
- Compares how well each alternative proposal matches the baseline
proposal for each of the selection criteria.
- Penalizes an alternative that is worse than the baseline for a
particular selection criterion by an amount equal to the importance rating of
the selection criterion. There is no distinction for being slightly worse
versus dramatically worse.
- Rewards an alternative that is better than the baseline for a
particular selection criterion by an amount equal to the importance rating of
the selection criterion. There is no distinction for being slightly better
versus dramatically better.
- Can be easier and more consistent to use when the number of
proposals and selection criteria is large because each alternative proposal is
compared to the same baseline.
- Solution Desirability Matrix
- Rates all proposals on how well they match the selection criteria,
which creates much higher scores for better proposals.
