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Part 6: Overview of the Seven-Step Problem-Solving Approach

Course instructor (unnamed, ex-McKinsey) Main trainer - IIT Madras engineer, ISB MBA; ITC, Boston Scientific, Paytm, ~4.5 years at McKinsey, now product partnerships at LinkedIn
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The short version

  1. The anchor of the course: define the problem, disaggregate it, prioritise the issues, build the work plan, do the analysis, synthesise, recommend. Week 1 covers steps 1-2 plus the hypothesis and a 'day-1 answer' (0:00-0:01).

At a glance, three clicks deep

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01The seven-step problem-solving approachDefine -> disaggregate -> prioritise -> plan -> analyse -> synthesise -> recommend.›

Define -> disaggregate -> prioritise -> plan -> analyse -> synthesise -> recommend.

Overview (0:00-0:01)

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The concepts in full

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The seven-step problem-solving approach

Seven steps, and the first two decide whether the other five are worth doing.

1) Problem definition; 2) disaggregate the problem; 3) prioritise the issues; 4) build the work plan; 5) analyse; 6) synthesise the findings; 7) make the recommendation. Concepts in the course map to steps; week 1 is definition, disaggregation, hypothesis and a day-1 answer - 'where rubber hits the road'.

Why it matters

The skeleton for Parts 7-10.

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