Step 3 - Action design
Step 3 - Action design - Beef CRC - Beef Genetic Technologies
 Why do action design?One of the reasons we sometimes decide to do something but then don’t actually take that first step is because we’re not confident we have made the right decision. However, if you have successfully completed Focus, Situation Analysis and Impact Analysis, you should be pretty confident with the option you have chosen and fully aware of implications such as expected risks, costs, benefits, ease of implementation, motivation etc. Another reason we are sometimes reluctant to move to action is because we know there are lots of things that have to be done, but we aren’t quite sure what should be done first, when things should be done, how they will be done, who will do them etc. A good design and plan can help with this. The tools below can help you design a good plan of action. |
| How-How diagram |
| The purpose of How-How Diagrams is to enable individuals and groups to creatively explore a situation for options for how to achieve impact. They help determine the steps that should be taken to implement action. |
| Click here to download the How-How diagram tool. |
| 5W's and 1H tool |
| This tool helps you answer 5 critical questions which can help you to achieve your focus. The questions are Who, What, Where, When, Why and How |
| Click here to download the 5W's and 1H tool. |
| Action design framework |
| The Action Design Framework can be used to design high impact action to achieve improvement targets. The emphasis is on ‘designing’ action, and not just action planning. The reason action ‘design’ is emphasised is because if you are aiming to achieve improvement or accelerate the rate of improvement, then you are probably going to have do things differently or do different things to what you currently do. If you want different results, you need to do new thinking so that you do different things and therefore get those different results. |
| Click here to download the Action design framework tool. |
