If the relationship is inherently unclear because some personnel provide services for all or a mix of case types, it is important for the model to show this in a way that is very easy to visualize. Figure 3 provides an illustration of the potential problem of clarity using records management staff in relation to case categories and the judges assigned to hear them. In the illustration, it is easy to see the relationship between records staff support, judges, and case categories for Court 1. The same is not true for Court 2. Data Collection .
Data collection involves two stages.
The first stage is the construction of the model described above. The model is distributed to each member of the two analysis groups with a request to review and become familiar with its details before the meeting. The group members are asked to make notes regarding anything they find striking in the model with respect to the way the court's resources are allocated. The underlying principle of this measure is that all of the court's cases deserve to be handled with an equal concern for quality in their disposition. The guilt of the reckless driver should be as firmly established as that of the homicide defendant.