A high performance tool known as an Affinity Diagram was used to gather data from a large number of people both inside and outside our organization so that the leadership team could address customer needs and expectations. The diagram below shows the relationships between key phases of the planning process. The Aligned Management System utilizes seven criteria or components to provide a self-assessment for an organization to evaluate where it is and how to improve. Goals and Measures are outgrowths of the established Aims of the system. In order to achieve the Aims , Goals and Measures must be set.
Results allow the organization to know to what degree it has been successful.
When the link between Aims, Goals and Results is realized, then alignment and refinement become meaningful. Establishing goals is not enough. These methods take the form of clear and appropriate key Work Processes called Actions . The district realigns, improves, or purges processes that do not exist to accomplish the Goals. The alignment of the Actions to Goals at each level strengthens the organization by defining what contributes to desired results.