The specific criteria apply only to the problem under consideration. Each plan adapts its own specific criteria based on the generic above. No one size fits all. Once initiated, any plan must clear certain checkpoints established within the plan to allow it to continue. This requirement maintains control over the process and prevents a plan from taking on a life of its own.
Results are the only measure of a plan s merit.
This course offers seven ways of thinking about solutions and action plans . Each offers a metaphor to represent some important aspect of the real thing. A metaphor symbolically represents an objective reality. It serves as an aid to understanding the reality. If you understand the metaphor, you have an insight into the real thing.