Home | Login | Recent Changes | Search | All Pages | Help

MethodPresentationsFromSessionThree006

(These might not be in the order that they were presented)

Increasing Your Effectiveness as a Change Agent

Completeness Group

1. Pick an ean easy problem
2. Read instructions
3. Look at picture, note patterns
4. Set out pieces with picture, patterns ... right side up
5. Define roles to be followed loosely
   • coach, finder, assembler
   • edge pieces, patterns, colors (group decides)
6. Organize pieces into groups (flat) by:
   • external boundaries
   • patterns
   • defining features (eg. face)
   • color
   • others...
7. Connect external boundaries
8. Begin connecting largest patterns, colors, etc.
9. "it comes together" - Linda
10. If all else fails, use a knife, scissors and/or hammer
11. Celebrate!!!

Easy Does It - Puzzle Solving
Prerequisites

• All participants have skills/capabilities/tools to perform steps
• All participants understand project objectives
• Review process and refine to align with objectives
• Most have standard four-sided, one dimensional puzzle
  

Pre-steps

• Establish scale of project puzzle
• Make adjustments for scale (see recommendations):
  • Add more participants for larger puzzles
  • Assign roles
  • Monitor anxiety level of participants - take breaks or re-assign resources
• Perform usability testing on process and adjust after findings

Main Steps

1. Spread pieces face up
2. Sort pieces - edge and no edge
3. Find corner pieces
4. Put edge pieces together
5. Find part of picture to start with
6. Look for pieces that fit with common colors on edges
7. Continue until done

Don't forget:

• Look at picture
• Sort by color

"One" Puzzlefast, Inc

1. What is team goal? What is current methodology?
2. If there is a choice, pick:
   • youngest age range
   • least number of pieces
   • Picture available
   • sealed package
   • large pieces
   • Do you have an option to choose simpler puzzle?
3. Sorting - as applicable per selected puzzle.
   • Turn pieces
   • Find corners (if applicable)
   • Find and sort edges by color or pattern
   • Sort by color pattern
   • Sort by text
   • Sort by shape (optional)
4. Assembly
   • Team composition (screen)
     • Team Leader/Coach
     • Sorters - not color blind
     • Assemblers - good spatial cognition
   • Begin assembly
     • build edges
     • build image groups/clusters
     • facilitate team involvement
     • build puzzle
     • resort as needed
       

Optional Tools/Environ

• card board to make chunks of assembled puzzle
• egronomically sound and good lighting
• edges to prevent dropping of pieces off table
  

Leasons Learned

• Identify what "solving" means
• Be willing to walk away from the puzzle
• Do no harm - understand the goals and existing process - look for fit
• Be willing to walk away from a bad fit
• Need team agreement (goal or meta goal?)
  

Assumptions

• all pieces may not be present
• picture may not be present
• lable may be incorrect or misleading
  

Harmony In Motion

• Select appropriate puzzle
• Work in pairs, take turns finding and assembling
• Decide on orientation to allow every one access
• Pairs work on a feature (Let rest of team know)

Main Steps

1. Assign roles

• Finder
• Assembler (these two in flexible pairs)
• Coach/Floater

2. Open box
3. Collaboratively flip pieces right side up
4. a. Finder - find edge pieces
   
   1. Assembler - assemble edge
      
   2. Coach - make team comfortable; float to other roles as needed
      
5. Assemble features
   
   1. Finder - find
      
   2. Assembler - parts together
      
   3. Coach - float, encourage, teach
      

BobKing 2003.11.9