Group Presentation Slides

Hi S1-05,

Thank you to groups who have posted their presentation slides.

For those who have yet to do so, please post up your presentation slides.
Do consider: your proposal needs to be innovation and creative.

Date due: Friday, 10 May, 12 noon

Each group should have about 5 slides:
Slide 1: Title slide with <group name> and <student names>.
Slides 2, 3: Problem worded as a challenge statement, evidence of problem
Slides 4, 5: Proposal and explanation

S1-04 students: You may comment on your group's proposal. Do note that the comments must be positive and encouraging. The purpose for commenting is to learn and add value to the group's ideas.

Thank you.
Mr. Patrick Hiap

Grouping

Henry,Wen Loong and Rikesh (as a group)

[22.4.13] Paired Comparison Analysis

Paired Comparison Analysis

Enduring Understandings

1. It may be sufficient to focus on only one solution.
2. THere are methods to decide which is the best solution

Recap of Creative Problem Solving

1. Problem solving is a process.
2. What are the steps in the Creative PRoblem Solving (CPS) process?
3. What are the tools that you have learnt for the CPD process?
4. How are these tools used?

Steps for CPS

Step 1: Understanding the Challenges
Step 2: Identify Underlying Causes and the Root Cause
Step 3: Produce Solution Ideas
Step 4: Select Criteria
Step 5: Application of Criteria
Step 6: Develop an action plan

Evaluation matrix :Selection Criteria

A group of criteria is used to analyse the effectiveness of the solutions and select the best solution.
Each criterion should have a different focus
E.g. Choosing a sports shoe: your 3 criteria could be

• Cost
• Function
• Appeal

Questions

• How do you select evaluations criteria?
• What happens if the evaluation criteria is good/ bad?

Homework

Work on the Creative Problem Solving worksheet and think of as many causes and underlying causes for the problem you had selected as you can and post them as comments.
Then, group with people who are similar and do the rest of the worksheet. Please GIVE the group members to Elvis via the comments.

Reminder

Class,
Please do submit the I&e work to me. So far only 3 incld me. Thank you very much
Yrs sincerely
Elvis

Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Underlying Causes (Term 2 Week 2)

Hello Sec 1-05,

The 2 assignments for this week:

Both assignments - Date Due: Friday, 5 April. Submit to Elvis and Elvis to place in my letter tray by 1:00pm.

*1) Underlying Causes for the transport problem

 i) in what ways might I reduce the time for traveling?

ii) How might we reduce the congestion on our roads?

iii) How can we reduce the crowds in MRT at peak hours?

*written on foolscap, stapled with the C4IP.

Do attempt the C4IP questions on page 2. Write your questions if you have any besides the question itself.

**2) Underlying Causes for the smoking problem 
**Typed, printed (double-sided).




Name: _______________________________________ Class: Sec 1 ______


Problem Statement (IWWMW, HMW, HCW)
Eg. In what ways might we get people to quit smoking?

Challenge Statement (WIBGI, WIBNI)
Eg. Wouldn’t it be nice if Singapore is a smoke free city?

Causes of Problem (Evidence Based)
Give at least 5 causes to the problem you have stated above from different perspectives. Number your causes and put the perspectives in brackets.

Eg. 1. People are not fully informed of the harms caused by smoking. (Education)

Select one of the causes and find out what is the underlying cause for it. Show the use of the Ladder of Whys to help you surface the underlying causes.
Eg. People are not fully informed of the harms caused by smoking. (Education)

Why: There are not enough campaigns and health messages to inform the public of the harms smoking can cause.

Why: i) There is not enough funds.
        ii) The government agencies feel that smoking is not a critical problem
            yet in our society to cause any problem.
       iii) The government feels that the people are already adequately informed
            through the health education in primary schools.

Why: .i) The government feels that it is not a priority. (Finance)
         ii) The number of smokers in Singapore is small and the costs to health
             care due to smoking is manageable. Also the current policies on
             raising the costs of cigarettes through tax and restricting the areas for
             smoking is sufficient to deter people from picking up smoking.
             (Population, Costs, Government Policies)
        iii) The topic on smoking in the health education package in primary
             schools is comprehensive and all students in Singapore would
             already know the harms of smoking. (Education)

Find the underlying causes for the causes of problem that you had written above and state the perspectives in brackets as shown in the example.

[Mon 1.4.13] Root cause analysis

What is Root Cause Analysis?

Objectives
How to find the underlaying cause
Learning to find out the underlying cause

Fever is only a Symptom
Treat the symptom only for relief


Root cause analysis Basics

Symptom of the problem "The Weed" Above the surface (obvious)
The underlying causes

"The root" 
Below the surface (not obvious)

Challenge

Wouldn't it be nice if I can be happier?

Problem Statement

In what ways might I free up more time for myself to do the things I wanted to do but has no time to do?

How to find the root causes? - The ladders of "WHY?"s

Have to help children with their homework (family commitments)
Do house work on alternate nights (family commitments)

Why do you have to help the children with their homework and do housework?

No money to send my children for private tuition and employ a maid

Why is there not enough money?

Low paying job (nature of job) and high expenses on technological gadgets

Why are you spending so much on technological gadgets?

Attracted to new technology (Interest)

Exercise

Challenge Wouldn't it be nice if the transport system can be better?
King Kong	1933

[Mon 25.3.12] Challenges & Problems

Challenges and Problems

Objectives

To understand and distinguish between challenges and problems

To formulate a relationship between challenges and problems

To use a framework to evaluate problem to decide if it is worth pursuing

  

Think

Is it a challenge for Trainer? IF people do not pay attention
"make them feel a sense of motivation and ownership" some say.

Difference between challenges and Problems?
What are challenges or problems?
And: Challenges are broad while problems are specific.

CHALLENGE statement
Wouldn't it be great IF we can make Singapore a cleaner place to live in?
PROBLEM statement
In what ways might we …...
How might we…...
How can we…...

Problem Statement
Question form -  a good problem poses a question rather than making a statement
Invites Ideas - a good problem statement invites you to generate many rich ideas
Free of Limiting Criteria - it should not box you in or limit your thinking by begin filled with limitations, restrictions, qualifications, or criteria
Concisely Stated - it should be brief and to the point so it will be easily understood and readily used as a starting point for generating ideas.

CP4I Framework
Sorting criteria

Change - If you do not work on the is problem now, what will happen? Will the situation deteriorate or become worse? Might it become much more difficult to work on at a future time?