(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation1 General Presentation on ‘Realizing One’s Ideas’ (Example: “Effective Educational Systems”) Here’s an idea to help.

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation1 General Presentation on ‘Realizing One’s Ideas’ (Example: “Effective Educational Systems”) Here’s an idea to help people effectively work with and realise all their productive ideas! Any kind of Idea! -- Small or large, at any level! -- Belonging to an Individual or to a group or groups! -- Individual, organizational or societal Mission!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation2 The ‘Elevator Presentation’ The ‘Elevator Presentation’ (just eight slides, and it’s done!) The ‘Technical Story’ – some HOWs? and WHYs? explored The ‘Technical Story’ – some HOWs? and WHYs? explored (for the Mission: “Creating Effective Education Systems for India…”) Realized and potential projects for OPMS Briefly, on Structural Graphics Some considerations to develop OPMS as a business Contents

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation3 The ‘Elevator Presentation’ In just eight slides, an overview of the the OPMS process and what it can do for you. For a more detailed explanation, click here ‘The Technical Story’)The Technical Story Back to ‘Contents Page’

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation4 Good ideas are very ‘slippery’ and difficult to work with All too often, they just disappear from the mind, leaving behind only a thought or vague regret that there was something worthwhile to do still remaining undone … At other times, one just cannot get hold of the needed resources to DO what’s needed to even to start, and one gives up on the idea… There are any number of reasons why ideas may fail. Here is one way to ensure your ideas will really get going… Try out The ‘One Page Management System’ (OPMS)

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation5 To handle any idea effectively, one needs to understand clearly and effectively act on the following simple fact: Every idea is dependent on a host of other ideas! The OPMS is designed to enable you to handle that crucial fact! (Just check out, for instance, how many ideas will develop out of this simple fact!)

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation6 To tackle any kind of issue, resolve any kind of problem effectively, these are the things that need to be done: Grab hold of all good ideas available about the problem or issue - continuingly Record the ideas generated - continuingly Put the ideas together in the right kind of usable order – continuingly – create effective action planning Modify ideas to reflect the environmental reality - continuingly ‘Integrate’ every relevant issue that might come up - continuingly The ‘One Page Management System’ (OPMS) enables one to do ALL of the above - most effectively indeed!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation7 The OPMS process requires that every problem/issue be transformed into a ‘Mission’, for example: If the problem is ‘Overdependence on our shipping agency work’, the appropriate ‘Mission’ could be expressed as: “To diversify: purchase a vessel” (This is a real ongoing project for one of my clients) If the issue is ‘poor motivation in Department ---’, the ‘Mission’ may be expressed as: “To improve motivation in Department ---” If the issue is ‘poor results in my math exams’, the ‘Mission’ could be: “To understand topics of my math syllabus thoroughly and thereby to get excellent results in my math exams” If the problem is ‘poor quality of civic services in Mumbai’, the ‘Mission’ could be: “To ensure effective, world-class civic services in Mumbai” If the problem is ‘ineffective educational systems for the great majority of Indians’, the ‘Mission’ could be: “To develop top-class educational systems that will serve the real needs of all Indians effectively” If the issue is ‘ineffective governance in India’, the ‘Mission could be: “To ensure effective governance of the nation” Individua l Missions Organizational Missions National Missions If you are interested in a Mission – any Mission – you WILL surely have some ideas that could help you accomplish it… What you need is a practical way to integrate all those ideas effectively into an effective Action Plan to accomplish the Mission… In the ‘Technical Story’ behind OPMS, we shall present in outline a sketch of how an effective Action Plan may be developed on the ambitious ‘Education Mission’ appearing below: “To develop top-class educational systems that will serve the real needs of all Indians effectively” Any type of Mission!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation8 The OPMS approach, in outline: In brief, the OPMS approach enables you to: 1.Identify a ‘MISSION’ of current interest 2.Record and clarify available ideas, by responding to a series of well-designed ‘trigger questions’ relating to the Mission 3.Organize the ideas generated, by creating models showing the linkages between the various ideas and between the ideas and the identified Mission 4.Integrate all available knowledge about the Mission to create an effective Action Plan to accomplish it – linking up practical means to overcome difficulties, barriers, weaknesses; preparation to capitalize on opportunities available for accomplishing Mission, etc. The Action Planning process of OPMS is highly iterative 5.Modify the Action Planning as needed in the light of the realities of the situations confronted… 6.Implement the Action Plan – time lines, etc, to be established and effectively followed…

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation9 Grab hold of all good ideas available about the problem or issue – continuingly Record and clarify the ideas generated - continuingly Put the ideas together in the right kind of usable order – continuingly – create effective action planning Modify ideas to reflect the environmental reality – continuingly Integrate every relevant issue that might come up - continuingly Grab hold of all good ideas available! Record (and clarify) those ideas! Idea Generation Tools Put the ideas together into an effective Action Plan! Interpretive Structural Modeling Field Representation Method Integrate everything to create a true system! One Page Management System (OPMS) How is all this accomplished?So here is what the OPMS helps you do:

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation10 Processes to accomplish these tasks quite well known in Management Science - but they’re generally not very effective because of the lack of the requirements sketched next: Grab hold of all good ideas available! Record (and clarify) those ideas! Idea Generation tools Put the ideas together into an effective Action Plan! Interpretive Structural Modeling Field Representation Method Processes to accomplish this task barely known to Management Science as it exists today! Integrate everything to create a true system! One Page Management System (OPMS) Processes for effective integration of ideas not known at all to Management Science! These processes that today are not known to management science are explained in outline at the ‘technical story’ underlying OPMS

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation11 OPMS Process Deliverables Mission – relating to an individual or groupIdentification of an agreed Mission – relating to an individual or group Lists of ideasLists of ideas covering various aspects of the Mission agreed Action PlanInitiation of an agreed Action Plan to accomplish the Mission Practical meansPractical means to overcome BARRIERS, DIFFICULTIES THREATS, WEAKNESSES and avail of OPPORTUNITIES ReportsWhat & Why – Who – When - How MuchReports to monitor ‘What & Why – Who – When - How Much’ sub-systems: marketing system, planning system, information systems – whatever the subsystems that may be required for the Mission!Design of all needed sub-systems: marketing system, planning system, information systems – whatever the subsystems that may be required for the Mission! Significant enhancement of attitudes, behaviour and performance of individuals at each levelSignificant enhancement of attitudes, behaviour and performance of individuals at each level

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation12 That was the ‘Elevator Presentation’. Go to various other sections by clicking on appropriate links below. Back to Contents PageContents Page Realised and potential OPMS projectsRealised and potential OPMS projects Making a business out of OPMSMaking a business out of OPMS The ‘Technical Story’ underlying OPMS‘Technical Story’ Structural graphics – explaining something about the language recommendedStructural graphics – explaining something about the language recommended

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation13 Realised, current and potential OPMS projects Back to ‘Contents Page’ A short listing, with brief commentary, of some Missions on which OPMS has been successfully applied – or for which OPMS could be useful. Much more detailed listings of potential ‘OPMS Missions’ can be provided on request.

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation14 Applications of OPMS (successful in various degrees) To arrive at an effective understanding of my math syllabus and thereby to improve, significantly, my results in my math exams (This Mission successfully done by one of my students years ago, long before the software became available) To create the OPMS software To enhance personal effectiveness at … (several successes) To become a top-level software designer (several successes) To get myself a good and satisfying job (several successes) To propagate and apply OPMS in India and abroad To launch an organization to create and market the OPMS software (success; through organization created folded ahead of full success) To teach myself how to use PowerPoint effectively To become a top level consultant in my field (one of my associates has actually been very successful at this Mission). Development of the OPMS software is a continuing project To propagate OPMS in India and abroad Various applications of the OPMS (some realized; some are ongoing; others are only potential) Version 1 (‘proof-of-concept’ prototype OPMS software) is ready! (And freely available to all who ask for it) A very sizable number of such ‘relatively simple’ Missions as shown below were very successfully worked on before starting on the major Mission that has ruled my life for now over 20 years! The major Mission for over 25 years! Various successes (with limitations), within this project: an organisation was successfully set up as an instrument to design, develop and market the OPMS software. OPMS software realised to prototype Version Level…

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation15 To learn how to speak; read; and write English (/other languages) effectively for various purposes (business/ academics/…) To learn subject XYZ…. To double organizational turnover within 1 year (under way) To purchase a vessel of 5000 MT capacity (Project for ship-owning and operating - under way) …(and several others related to shipping) To bring about an ‘Innovation Culture’ in this organization To align new staff with the Mission of this organisation Various other Missions (under way or being tried out) ‘Potential’ OPMS projects are available all around you (in the hundreds or even thousands)… Just check out the news on any day randomly, and you will find at least ten for sure! Wherever you find some individual, organizational or societal system malfunctioning (or not performing as intended) – that is a potential OPMS project!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation16 The prototype OPMS software is available for free download! Send an email to gs_chandy@yahoo.com to receive your invitation to join a group from where you can freely download the software and find a good bit of useful information about OPMSgs_chandy@yahoo.com This is real, working software that we regularly and continuingly use in our own consultancy work – not a ‘lite’ version. You can actually work on ANY Missions of current interest to you! (Limited free guidance to help you ‘start up’ is also available on request) Use it to work on any Mission of current interest to you!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation17 “Garibi hatao!” (Indira Gandhi’s stirring slogan to vanquish poverty in India - largely unsuccessful to date) To develop and install educational systems truly suited to our needs To develop Mumbai into one of the best cities in the world (the Hindustan Times Project) To make India one of the ‘least-corrupt nations of the world’ (currently one of the more corrupt) To tackle the issue of ‘global warming’ more effectively than has been done to date To create the ‘new economics’ needed for our day and age… To ensure that science is more effectively used to tackle major societal issues than is the case presently… To develop an effective understanding of science amongst policy makers of various nations (US; India; others…) To bring about effective public discussion on societal issues To bring about 90% true literacy in India “A Vision for Mumbai” (HT article series) To ensure compliance to the ‘Rights To Information’ legislation in India To ….(etc, etc, etc) To impeach the war criminals, GW Bush and Gang! Some potential ‘societal applications’ of the OPMS To work on any of these Missions, you would need to get the right groups of people together: in many cases, this is the most difficult step of all! And it is crucial as well – in most cases, your project just cannot succeed without the right people backing it. (Other resources too may be required – but everything else needed may follow automatically once you get the right people working together effectively) In the ‘Technical Story’ section of this presentation, we illustrate in outline how truly effective educational systems could be developed for India (We can develop such presentations as required for any feasible Mission of interest)

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation18 ANY kind of Mission, problem or issue that has not been yielding to the conventional means would be tackled much more effectively through the OPMS! Just let me know the Mission of current interest to you, and I can demonstrate how OPMS could help you put your good ideas to effective use to accomplish that Mission.

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation19 That was a listing of some ‘realized and potential OPMS projects’. ( There are a whole lot of other useful potential OPMS projects; they are not difficult to find at all: on any day, just check out the news - and you will surely find at least 10 such projects) Go to various other sections by clicking on appropriate links below. Back to Contents PageContents Page The ‘Elevator Presentation’‘Elevator Presentation’ OPMS – as a businessOPMS – as a business The ‘Technical Story’‘Technical Story’ Structural graphics – explaining something about the language recommendedStructural graphics – explaining something about the language recommended

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation20 Some considerations to develop OPMS as a business Back to ‘Contents Page’ “Intelligent Systems for U and Me” (I-SUM Research and Development Pvt Ltd) ‘Helping Organisations Manage Information Systems” (HOMISYS – a consulting venture) JN Warfield Societal and Educational Institute Three organizations are proposed as instruments Linkages between these organisation illustrated, next slide

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation21 The triad illustrates the synergy we shall bring about between three different functions that we shall operate in our societal systems through the OPMS instrument. Write in to gs_chandy@yahoo.com for more Biz Plan and other informationgs_chandy@yahoo.com Launched 2007 To be launched

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation22 IDEA - IDEA - Evolution Stages

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation23 OPMS Evolution Stages Stage I Stage II Stage III Stage IV OPMS Concept Framework Process Tool Has been thoroughly proven Is being standardized for organizations Small further development required prior standardization to 2 nd level Prototype software ready! To be fully developed

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation24 Fundamental Concepts Fundamental philosophy: A problem is best resolved by the people involved in it Enables individuals and organization to benefit from ‘self-consulting’ ‘teaching by questioning’ rather than by ‘telling’A vehicle to explore and exploit the vast latent knowledge and intuitive power of people in the organization – uses Socratic method of ‘teaching by questioning’ rather than by ‘telling’ create integratesHelps create wisdom from existing knowledge – integrates knowledge of people into consensus action planning

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation25 Concept (continued) Enables people to put down their intuitions in words that can be transformed into action Process of ‘Questioning  Verbalizing  Structuring’  ‘Questioning’ helps clarify complex issues and problems in the minds of the people involved A powerful concept that stimulates and simulates the human mind!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation26 “Science of Generic Design” “informs” Interactive Management “One Page Management System” (OPMS) John N. Warfield Fundamental concepts

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation27 The OPMS Framework – this is what happens within it Capturing IdeasRecording Ideas Generating and Using Ideas Organizing and Integrating Ideas CreativityInnovationProblem Solving & Decision Making – for individual & groups! Change Management Knowledge ManagementStrategic Management Implementing Ideas! Individual IssuesOrganizational Issues Societal Issues …and much else!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation28 Various ‘layers’ of the OPMS (as it is now developing)

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation29 Idea Generation Things to DoStrengthsWeaknessOpportunitiesThreatsEvents Idea Organization Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM)Field Representation (FR) Method Idea Integration Action PlanningMonitoring Mechanism Idea Rater Financial EvaluatorSketch Pad SWOT Analyzer Model Maker OPMS Layer 1 To Layer 2 To Layer 3 Various layers of the OPMS – Layer 1 Most of the ‘detail work’ for creating any OPMS is done in Layer 1 OPMS software enabling people to work at ‘Layer 1’ is now available in prototype - and is freely available on request.

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation30 OPMS Before we go to Layer 2 of the OPMS, we need to explain two important concepts related to organisations : Tangible Assets & Intangible Assets INTANGIBLE ASSET MONITORING (IAM) TANGIBLE ASSET MONITORING (TAM) Money – Accounts Number of Hours Worked Number of Items Produced Number of Programmers Employed etc, etc; ….. ‘Invisible’ Motivations ‘Deep logic’ Deeper understanding of ‘systems at work’; ‘Invisible’ aspirations of organization and people within it; Motivations of people within organization; ‘Deep logic’ understanding by individuals of problem situations confronted and handled; Deeper understanding of ‘systems at work’; etc, etc; ….. These are pretty well handled by available management theory and many tools are available to the working manager Tangible Vs. Intangible Assets  the great leap forward! Scarcely recognized by current theory and tools “significantly strengthens” This development enables us to strengthen ALL of conventional management very significantly Great leap forward!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation31 Knowledge Management INTANGIBLE ASSET MONITORING (IAM) TANGIBLE ASSET MONITORING (TAM) OPMS Dash Board Change Management Strategic Management FRAMEWORK To Layer 1 To Layer 3 OPMS Layer 2 Various layers of the OPMS – Layer 2 Layer 2 of the OPMS: Linking up all arenas of ‘conventional management’ to ‘managing in the world of ideas and development of ideas!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation32 OPMS Dash Board Change Management Strategic Management Knowledge Management INTANGIBLE ASSET MONITORING (IAM) TANGIBLE ASSET MONITORING (TAM) FRAMEWORK To Layer 1 To Layer 3 OPMS Layer 2 Within Layer 2 Change Managemen t How should an organization change itself to meet current and future challenges?

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation33 OPMS Dash Board Change Management Strategic Management Knowledge Management INTANGIBLE ASSET MONITORING (IAM) TANGIBLE ASSET MONITORING (TAM) FRAMEWORK To Layer 1 To Layer 3 OPMS Layer 2 Within Layer 2 Strategic Management Action Planning specifically to reveal how the organization should ‘strategize for change’

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation34 OPMS Dash Board Change Management Strategic Management Knowledge Management INTANGIBLE ASSET MONITORING (IAM) TANGIBLE ASSET MONITORING (TAM) FRAMEWORK To Layer 1 To Layer 3 OPMS Layer 2 Within Layer 2 Knowledge Management OPMS can help ensure that available information develops into knowledge… …that available knowledge is effectively managed to develop into wisdom… …and that wisdom is actually implemented through effective Action Planning!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation35 Knowledge Management INTANGIBLE ASSET MONITORING (IAM) TANGIBLE ASSET MONITORING (TAM) OPMS Dash Board Change Management Strategic Management FRAMEWORK To Layer 1 To Layer 3 OPMS Layer 2 Various layers of the OPMS – Layer 2 TANGIBLE ASSET MONITORING (TAM) All tools and systems that are currently available for Tangible Asset Monitoring – Accounting Systems, Inventory Control, and so on – reside here!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation36 Knowledge Management INTANGIBLE ASSET MONITORING (IAM) TANGIBLE ASSET MONITORING (TAM) OPMS Dash Board Change Management Strategic Management FRAMEWORK To Layer 1 To Layer 3 OPMS Layer 2 Various layers of the OPMS – Layer 2 INTANGIBLE ASSET MONITORING (IAM) How to develop and monitor the ‘intangible assets’ of an organization? OPMS is the tool par excellence to link up all aspects of tangible assets to intangible assets of the organization!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation37 There are numerous other issues and concerns that are of relevance to the effective management of an organization. These are broadly articulated in the next slide, dealing with Level 3 of the OPMS

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation38 PROCESS Dimension PEOPLE Dimension PRACTICE Dimension STRATEGY Dimension SYSTEM Dimensions STRUCTURE Dimension Creativity Box Innovation Box Problem Solving Box Decision Making Box Mind Games Assessment ToolsOrganization AuditorEvaluation Techniques Matter Puzzles Various layers of the OPMS – Layer 3 OPMS Layer 3 To Layer 2 To Layer 1 Layer 3: Links to all dimensions that must be taken consideration of while we work towards any major Mission Effective access to needed subsystems such as ‘marketing system’, information systems, planning system, and so on. Specialised tools to work in these subsystems…

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation39 OPMS ERP Effective development and implementation of Layers 1, 2 and 3 of the OPMS will require close integration with a powerful and well- designed ERP product and process (not yet formally done, though everything is in place to do that once we develop a collaboration with an appropriate ERP developer) We can demonstrate the existence of the following ‘satisfaction cycle’: OPMSERP “would significantly contribute to” ‘made for each other’! OPMS and ERP are probably ‘made for each other’!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation40 OPMS a concept Provides a set of practical processes that Help people resolve problems In true collaboration and consensus helps develop an Implementable Action Plan that has Participant Buy In Leads to truly Innovative Improvement with Feedback Loops in all systems developed The Total Process

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation41 Helps users resolve Problems Innovative Improvements Collaborative Manner Participants Buy-in Implementable Action Plan Closed Loop Feedback O MS P OPMS Process

The Tool OPMS as a tool is designed to look like a MS-Office package having package components like Word, Excel, Access, and Power Point; to be called as OPMS-Mind Package with OPMS- Creativity, OPMS-Innovation, OPMS-Problem Solving, OPMS- Decision Making.

The Market

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation44 Segmenting, Positioning & Differentiating Creativity & Productivity; Innovation; Problem Solving and Decision Making in complex systems Comprehensive Idea Management – Generation, Structuring & Integration; True Knowledge Management Power of Perception and Power of ‘Socratic’ Questioning Market Segment Concept Positioning Concept Differentiation

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation45 Concept/Product - Comparison Matrix ABCDEFG Balanced Score-Card Theory of Constraints 5 th Discipline 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Six-Sigma People-CMM 6 Thinking Hats Kaizen OPMS OPMS OPMS We are developing a series of studies comparing OPMS with various leading management theories and methodologies. In an initial study done some years ago, OPMS was found to have several unique benefits and advantages. OPMS We have actually been able to demonstrate that OPMS can be used for the purpose of enhancing the practice of any of the other methodologies and tools.

Value Proposition

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation47 Value Proposition Shifts from Technical Problem Solving to Creative and Adaptive Problem Solving Quality QuantityShifts from direct and sole focus on ‘Quantity’ to ‘Understand Quality in order to understand Quantity effectively’ (See – “What is modeling?”) Moves from ‘Rationality’ and ‘Intuition’ as disparate aspects of issues to “Rationality+Intuition” as an integrated whole in every issue taken up for consideration in the organization! Creates Heightened Thinking to help resolve fast-changing Complex Business Problems effectiveEnables and enhances Collaborative Learning - leads to effective Critical Thinking resulting in Consensual Understanding Enables breaking away from the conventional mode of thinking, learning and working - which all too often leads to ‘frustration cycles’ – into a highly productive mode that can always enable us to break out of frustration cycles. A powerful new paradigm develops in the way individuals and groups tackle their problems, work to accomplish their Missions

Business Model

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation49 RevenueBlocks Software & Spin-offs Enterprise /Management Consulting Training Programme & Workshops Research & Publications First Block to Generate Income Fourth Block to Generate Income Second Block to Generate Income Third Block to Generate Income Ready now! Ready in 6 months Ready in 1 year Prototype software ready. Software would be ready for marketing launch in one year Prototype software has been thoroughly tested in workshops

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation50 Training Programme & Workshops 7-days Facilitator Training Programme (FTP) Module (to be structured in line with the new framework)7-days Facilitator Training Programme (FTP) Module (to be structured in line with the new framework) 2-days Workshop Module (in line with new framework2-days Workshop Module (in line with new framework) 2 FTP & over 50 Workshops have been conducted previously

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation51 Research & Publications OPMS Book Content is being worked out Huge amount of material is available for the book – we could say that around 40% of the work towards the book is over Publishers are being shortlisted & would be contacted soon Website Content is being compiled

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation52 Software & Spin-offs Prototype demonstrating OPMS concept is developed – has been widely tested, vetted by users in various organizations Prototype on new 3-Layer Framework now to be developed Immediately (as the OPMS product is created), we can start developing a huge number of ‘spin-offs’, across a number of disciplines and fields – from ‘education’ to – ‘e- governance’ from ‘software’ to ‘psychometrics’. The outlines of several of these have already been charted. Write to gs_chandy@yahoo.com to find out how to get hold of the prototype OPMS softwaregs_chandy@yahoo.com

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation53 Enterprise/Management Consulting Consulting Model outline ready – details under development Will be based on the OPMS framework

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation54 ‘Consulting Model’ Outline of our ‘Consulting Model’ Demonstration – over 1-2 days Initiation – 1 month Installation – including training of ‘In-house’ or ‘Associated’ Facilitators’ – 1 Year Customization of process (for organization’s specific needs) Customization of software as required 2 nd and 3 rd Years

Organisation Structure

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation56CEO Head-FinanceHead-Strategy Manager- Strategic Planning Strategists Manager- Business Development Facilitators Head-Operation Manager – Management Research Research Analysts Manager- Software Development Software Developers Organisation Chart

Company Entity

Company Name “Intelligent Systems for U and Me” A private limited company has been formed and registered at Bangalore (“I-SUM Research & Development, Pvt Ltd”) Detailed Business Plan available on request; write to gs_chandy@yahoo.com gs_chandy@yahoo.com

Company’s Vision To propagate the Concept of the OPMS as an integral part of the Human Habits of natural Thinking, Learning and Working. To make the Product available on each and every PC (much as MS Office is available today, catering to different needs) To provide the Practice as an alternative to the conventional modes of Consulting.

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation60 Core Values: IdeasTo nurture creative and productive aspects of human nature, enabling people at all levels to capture Ideas and implement them effectively for individual, organizational and societal benefit To instill Integrity in all our organizational processes To involve Interactive discourse in a natural and normal manner right across the organization as a practical means to gather the wisdom that is readily available

Financial Projections

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation62 OPMS Projected Revenues - 3 Years REVENUE STREAMS - PRICING & SALES UnitsPriceYear 1Year 2Year 3 VolRenenueVolRenenueVolRenenue OPMS Workshops & ConsultancyRs Workshops ( 2-Day) 50,000251,250,000502,500,000502,500,000 Consultancy 500,00021,000,000105,000,000105,000,000 Sub Total 2,250,000 7,500,000 OPMS Softwares and Spin-offsRs Single-User Version 10,0005005,000,0002,00020,000,0005,00050,000,000 Network-User Version 1,000,000 22,000,00055,000,000 Web-User Version 1,000 100100,0001,0001,000,000 Sub Total 5,000,000 22,100,000 56,000,000 OPMS Facilitator Training ProgRs Small Group Prog (3-5) 25,000250,000375,000250,000 Large Group Prog (10-12) 50,0002100,0003150,0002100,000 Sub Total 150,000 225,000 150,000 OPMS Book and PublicationsRs OPMS Book 5001,000500,0002,0001,000,0002,0001,000,000 OPMS Publications Sub Total 500,000 1,000,000 TOTAL SALESRs 7,900,000 30,825,000 64,650,000 Indicative figures

Project Milestones

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation64 Website uploaded Workshop Module Facilitator Training (FT) Module Consulting Module Publication: OPMS Book Software Product Launched “would probably precede”

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation65 Project Milestones Target ~ Project Milestones Target ~ One Year Horizon 3-4 monthsWebsite Uploaded by … 3-4 months 3-5 monthsWorkshop Module by … 3-5 months 3-6 monthsFT Module by … 3-6 months 4-6 monthsConsulting Model by … 4-6 months 8-9 monthsBook Mss. Ready by … 8-9 months 9-11 monthsInitial Release Software Product … 9-11 months Months from Start

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation66 Main Contents Page Current and Potential Projects The ‘technical story’ behind OPMS The ‘Elevator’ Presentation That was an outline of the ‘business story’ behind OPMS. For more details, write in to gs_chandy@yahoo.com to get hold our Biz Plan, the prototype OPMS software, etc. (We shall require that you sign a ‘Non-Disclosure Agreement’)gs_chandy@yahoo.com About ‘prose + structural graphics’

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation67 Creating an OPMS for Mission: “Designing effective educational system(s) for India’s real needs…” The basics of how to do it The ‘Technical Story’ underlying OPMS (in non-technical terms)

“Designing effective educational systems for India’s real needs…” …and how to use the OPMS we create to accomplish this ambitious Mission! Here’s how to create an OPMS for this ambitious Mission: The ‘technical’ story (in mostly non- technical language) Back to ‘Contents Page’

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation69 Based on Warfield’s approach to complexity in systems, there has developed over several years a uniquely powerful generic aid to problem solving and decision making which can enable significant enhancement to the way we tackle issues of all kinds: ● Individual issues (of most kinds) ; ● Organizational issues (of all kinds) ; and ● Societal issues (of most kinds). The One Page Management System… No limitations whatsoever on the kind of ‘Mission’ on which you could apply it! …for creating systems to help accomplish any Mission: individual, organizational, societal John N. Warfield, in the course of his investigations of ‘complexity in systems’, has developed tools that could help individuals and groups organize and integrate their understanding of complex systems of ALL kinds The ‘complex system’ to be designed could be a national system to help us develop effective Action Planning for the ‘Education Mission’ “Developing effective educational systems for India’s real needs” You’ll obviously need to get the right groups together to work on this Mission… …without that as a basis, there’s no hope of achieving it!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation70 To use OPMS effectively, we need to explain a small enhancement to the language we conventionally use: we call this enhancement ‘prose + structural graphics’ The structural graphics clarify and detail the relationships between the elements in a complex system (which are generally left ambiguous in conventional prose).

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation71 A ‘Language’ to discuss complex issues: ‘prose + structural graphics’ (p+sg) Idea 1 Idea 2 relationship(s_ …the ideas - and the relationship(s_ between the ideas, shown as meaningful arrow(s)… “Idea 1 leads to Idea 2” So what is/are ‘structural graphics’? ‘prose + structural graphics’ The picture and its translation (along with any other explanation required) constitute ‘prose + structural graphics’ (p+sg) Here’s a simple structural graphic: = We repeat: the structural graphics clarify and detail the relationships between the elements in a complex system that are generally left ambiguous in conventional prose. Structural Graphic Prose Equivalent leads to The arrow(s) stand for specific relationship(s), e.g.:“leads to” (in this case) And it is this simple idea that can be built on to enable us to tackle the most complex of problems and issues much more effectively than can be done when we think and discuss in the conventional way, through ‘prose’ The ideas that people get while they consider or work on issues in the system are precisely those that should go into the ‘design of the desired system’! Our OPMS process ensures that this happens as a matter of course.

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation72 These structural graphics can come in various shapes and forms, as (very roughly!) illustrated in the next slides…

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation73 ABCEFG

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation74 ABCEFGHIJ These structural graphics have the useful property of helping significantly to clarify the minds of people who use them! Try them out… even your informal ‘doodles’ and sketches that you make as structural graphics can significantly enhance your understanding of the systems you live in and work in! (You just need to specify the relationships clearly!) In each case, the ‘elements of the ‘system under consideration’ may be shown in boxes or ovals, and the relationships between the elements are shown as lines or arrows linking up the boxes/ovals... The relationships should always be specified in detail! (as illustrated…) “help accomplish” “may prevent” These are ‘sketches’ (informal models) that can help us clarify our understanding of the systems confronted It’s the relationships between the elements of the system that are the key to understanding the system!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation75 These structural graphics, when allied with the conventional prose that you already know how to use well, constitute a very powerful ‘extension’ to our normal way of thinking and discussing – we call the combination ‘prose + structural graphics’ (p+sg) OPMS software will soon be including practical means to enable you to make ‘sketches’ of these structural graphics. Until such time as our ‘Sketchpad’ modules are ready within OPMS – try out the ‘Free Mind’ and ‘Mind Mapper’ software, which offer some limited sketching facilities (links provided at section on ‘Structural Graphics’)… (these useful software packages do not provide the full power of ‘OPMS thinking’, but they are useful for a start). What we had shown are the ‘informal’ structural graphics associated with the OPMS. We shall now show some of the formal structural graphics associated with OPMS, realised through the Warfield tools for modeling in complex systems

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation76 One very important type of ‘formal’ (and entirely rigorous) structural graphics is John N. Warfield’s powerful modeling tool, ‘Interpretive Structural Modeling’ (ISM): it enables us to clarify our understanding of the structure of the systems under consideration… Next, we shall illustrate the development of an Interpretive Structural Model as an important step in creating an OPMS

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation77 We illustrate the process in outline for an ‘individual Mission: “To create effective educational systems for India’s real needs” First, we try and find out something of what we know on the issue by responding with appropriate ‘elements’ to a Trigger Question about the Mission…(the elements as imagined by one specific individual based on his understand and his reading about education – everyone interested should articulate his/her own elements, and all those elements should be added to the Action Plan!) To do the action planning effectively, we create an Interpretive Structural Model with the elements generated

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation78 Some responses to this trigger question: To discover who the real stakeholders are in each different educational section To give due weight to the ideas of all stakeholders - students, teachers, parents, others... To ensure that the real stakeholders in education have a real voice To ensure that all good ideas provided by different groups of people interested in education are properly integrated into our action planning To create educational systems meeting the real needs of those being educated To ensure that truly passionate and committed teachers are available for every educational stream To provide a proper place in society for good teachers To pay teachers well, give them the kind of rewards they really want To provide all needed avenues for teachers to develop themselves To ensure that students at each level have a proper voice in the educational systems catering to their specific needs To develop effective professional education courses To put into place, at an initial level, effective practical means for people to discuss and resolve issues To ensure that teachers at each level have their proper voice in the actual actioning in the educational system To get stakeholders in education effectively together in various groups, to discuss educational issues and how OPMS could help To convince people at large that the conventional mode of prose discussion is not effective To convince people that prose + structural graphics (p+sg) would be most useful to develop effective Action Planning on this issue To convince people that p+sg is in fact an essential requirement for making real headway on this complex issue There are various such trigger questions to elicit ideas about different aspects of a Mission, and literally thousands of elements may be generated in due course – but THINGS TO DO to accomplish the Mission should generally come first… (Illustrated here are elements generated by one individual, based on the thinking and reading he had done on the issue – you of course would generate an entirely different set of elements reflecting your own different background, etc). 1st Trigger Question: “What, in your opinion, are the THINGS TO DO ‘To create effective educational systems for India’s real needs?” First, we need to find out the ‘elements’ that we need in our ‘system’. Here’s how to get hold of those! Some more elements: ● To create a wide number of examples to get people interested in using OPMS on educational issues ● To implement OPMS intensively and extensively into various educational institutions ● To get good teachers involved in designing effective teaching systems through the OPMS ● To ensure that political issues arising are effectively responded to and handled by the educational system ALL useful elements should be integrated into the Action Planning in order to get real commitment from all interested! The elements can keep on coming in, from anyone who is interested in the ‘education project!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation79 …in conventional prose, we generally do not explore these relationships between various statements. Those relationships are crucial to help us arrive at an understanding of the ‘systems involved. Here’s a simple two-element Interpretive Structural Model, articulating the implicit linkage between two of the elements in the previous slide: Prose transation: “To understand potential benefits of an ‘innovation culture’ for organization SHOULD CONTRIBUTE to properly understand costs of making innovation THE org. practice – AND VICE VERSA!” (In conventional circumstances, such relationships are left entirely ambiguous.) ● To understand the potential benefits of an ‘innovation culture’ for the organization ● To understand properly the costs of making innovation the practice in this organization By inter-relating those two ‘elements’, we are starting to explore the ‘deep logic’ hidden behind the two ‘independent’ prose statements made earlier… ‘Prose + structural graphics’ enables us to go into this deep logic as intensively and extensively as we desire/need to. Two elements in same box with bullets means that each “contributes to” the other… Now, let’s add next element on list: “To ensure I take the right decision for myself” We now develop that starter model by adding various ‘elements’ to it… all these are also ‘perceptions’ to be validated.

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation80 We shall now show a simple two-element Interpretive Structural Model, articulating the implicit linkage between two of the elements in the list: Prose transation: “To discover who the real stakeholders are in each different educational section MAY CONTRIBUTE to give due weight to the ideas of all stakeholders” (In conventional circumstances, such relationships are left entirely ambiguous.) To give due weight to the ideas of all stakeholders (B) We now develop this starter model by adding various ‘elements’ to it… all these are also ‘perceptions’ to be validated. “To discover who the real stakeholders are in each different educational section” (A) “To give due weight to the ideas of all stakeholders” (B) The two elements are: The OPMS then asks the users a couple of questions to elicit their perceptions of how these element may “contribute to” each other In this case, the user felt element ‘A’ “may contribute to” element ‘B’ – so the model shown will reflect that perception… …had the perception been the other way around, the model would obviously reflect this perception! To discover who the real stakeholders are in each different educational section (A) On next slide, we add next element on list: “To ensure that the real stakeholders in education have a real voice” (C) Arrows in this and the next such modeling slides stand for: “may (or should) contribute to”. (As one becomes more certain about the model being constructed, one can make the relationship more certain “CONTRIBUTES TO”).

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation81 “should contribute” Some underlying issues: There may be considerable disagreement between different people about how various elements are perceived to “contribute” to each other. Effective discussion engendered in the Interactive Management and OPMS processes enable people to arrive at a true consensus. This is a ‘representation’ of the mental model of the specific person who is considering the issue. (The mental model may be ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ – we claim that creating such models is useful to help find out how the mental models that are held by the person reflects his/her own reality. And other people could see the whole thing quite differently). To ensure that the real stakeholders in education have a real voice” (C) To discover who the real stakeholders are in each different educational section (A) To give due weight to the ideas of all stakeholders (B) Prose transation: “To discover who the real stakeholders are in each different educational section SHOULD CONTRIBUTE to ensure that the real stakeholders in ed. Should have a real voice, which in turn SHOULD CONTRIBUTE To give due weight to the ideas of all stakeholders” To create educational systems meeting the real needs of those being educated Add one more element We should EACH time translate these models fully into prose – you’ll soon find it much easier to read these models than standard prose! Prose translation: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation82 We continue exploring the ‘deep logic’ hidden in the ‘structure’ of those elements in the system… “should contribute” To ensure that the real stakeholders in education have a real voice” (C) To discover who the real stakeholders are in each different educational section (A) To give due weight to the ideas of all stakeholders (B) To create educational systems meeting the real needs of those being educated Add yet one more element… To ensure that all good ideas provided by different groups of people interested in education are properly integrated into our action planning To ensure that the real stakeholders in education have a real voice” (C) To discover who the real stakeholders are in each different educational section (A) To give due weight to the ideas of all stakeholders (B) To ensure that all good ideas provided by different groups of people interested in education are properly integrated into our action planning Remember it is very important to write up prose translations of all models created till you are entirely familiar with this new language of ‘structural graphics! Effective and usable understanding of the ‘systems’ involved develops as the users start understanding the linkages between factors as here illustrated!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation83 We continue exploring the ‘deep logic’ hidden in the ‘structure’ of those elements in the system… “should contribute” We add these two more elements, next slide: To systematically evaluate all advice to me, based on my own real values To ensure I do not get confused between various pieces of conflicting advice! To ensure that the real stakeholders in education have a real voice” (C) To discover who the real stakeholders are in each different educational section (A) To give due weight to the ideas of all stakeholders (B) To create educational systems meeting the real needs of those being educated Add yet one more element… To ensure that all good ideas provided by different groups of people interested in education are properly integrated into our action planning

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation84 To understand my own heart and mind correctly To become clear in my mind what I want to do with myself in career and in life To ensure I take the right decision for myself To discuss the issue with real friends “may contribute” To evaluate systematically all advice to me, based on my own real values To ensure I do not get confused between various pieces of conflicting advice! Translating models created into standard prose is VERY important!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation85 If ‘A’ ‘B’, and if ‘B’ ‘C’, then ‘A’ MUST ‘C’ (where ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ are elements and stands for the specific transitive relationship under consideration) This simple idea has huge impact – in regard to construction of these models as well as to their interpretation. Models constructed using the above rule would be logically consistent AND, further, the construction of even very large models would also be quite efficient because of the transitivity of the single relationship used in each such structure. The process helps the people easily perceive the logical inconsistencies that may be embedded in their thought processes! Mistaken ideas are easily corrected through regular use of this process (assuming, of course, there is a basic desire to correct one’s own mistaken ideas) Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) is based on a SINGLE transitive relationship running right through the model. Going ‘one level deeper into the process’, it is also possible (I claim) to bring about effective change even in the minds of at least some of those people who do NOT have a basic desire to correct their own mistaken notions! This is a very sizable claim, and would require much more work to be done on it to justify it rigorously. Logically, we are able to justify adding elements, in specific, appropriate positions to our graphical structures (as we’ve done in the past few slides) because the relationship “CONTRIBUTES TO” is transitive, which means the following:

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation86 Using this algorithm, we’ve used the OPMS software to create a model comprising about 20-odd elements (next slide). Time taken to create this model: about 15 minutes. A diverse group of 8-10 people interested in the issue of creating effective educational systems for India might take about 2-4 hours to create a ‘consensus model’ (depending on the diversity of their background).

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation87 The model does not fit onto a single screen, so only a part of it is visible here. Next screens, we display the model in sections

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation88 TOPMOST (FOURTH) LEVEL OF MODEL THIRD LEVEL OF MODEL SECOND LEVEL OF MODEL FIRST (LOWEST) LEVEL OF MODEL “leads to” Prose translation: “First Level LEADS TO Second Level LEADS TO Third Level LEADS TO Topmost Level”

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation89 TOPMOST (FOURTH) LEVEL OF MODEL “may contribute”

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation90 THIRD LEVEL OF MODEL “may contribute” Use up-arrow repeatedly to move to top level

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation91 SECOND LEVEL OF MODEL “may contribute” Use up-arrow repeatedly to move to 3 rd level

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation92 FIRST (LOWEST) LEVEL OF MODEL (Working level) “may contribute” TOPMOST (FOURTH) LEVEL OF MODEL THIRD LEVEL OF MODEL SECOND LEVEL OF MODEL FIRST (LOWEST) LEVEL OF MODEL “leads to” Prose translation (from below): “To create a wide number of examples to get people interested in using OPMS on educational issues MAY CONTRIBUTE to put into place, at an initial level, effective practical means for people to discuss in resolve issues (in consensus)… …. ….” [IMPORTANT: Such prose translation should be done for all parts of all models!!! Soon, you’ll find you are very easily thinking in terms of these structural graphics]. Complete model constructed using the OPMS prototype software. Write to gs_chandy@yahoo.com to get your free copy of OPMS software! gs_chandy@yahoo.com Use up-arrow repeatedly to move to 2 nd level

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation93 The model illustrated in the previous slides is a representation of the ‘mental model’ of one person considering the issues involved… To arrive at a realistic understanding of any group issue (such as this one), we shall need to take into effective consideration the views of ALL stakeholders involved, enable them to develop a proper understanding of each other’s views, and from that understanding to develop a realistic representation of the whole system… Warfield’s ‘Interactive Management’, which is the foundation of OPMS, is designed to ensure effective learning by all involved and the development of ‘consensus wisdom’ on all group issues.

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation94 Focus on ANY element in the structure: WHY? HOW? Read DOWN the structure to find out the HOW of the focus element! Read UP the structure to find out the WHY of the focus element! The “HOW?”s and the “WHY?”s of every element are built into the model constructed with “contributes to” as its structural relationship! We now explain one very important characteristic of any model predicated on the transitive relationship “contributes to” … This property holds for EVERY element in the structure – check it out for yourself!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation95 Some features of ISM ANY transitive relationship may be modeled through ISM (a single relationship per model) – An ISM based on on “contributes to” clarifies the “HOWs?” and the “WHYs?” of EACH and EVERY things done or to be done! ISM enables individuals and groups to explore the relationships between factors in their systems to any depth and degree of detail as required A simple model of, say 20-25 elements on 1 or two pages would be the equivalent of some 30-40 (or even more) pages if translated in full into standard prose: ISM enables huge compression of long prose passages! ISM is one of the powerful modeling techniques created by Warfield that help individuals and groups to explore complexity in systems. The relationship “contributes to” is probably the single most important of all relationships that can help us arrive at a working understanding from scratch of the systems under consideration Some important transitive relationships in systems: “enhances” “supports” “is more/less important than” “contributes to” “aggravates” (in case or problems/ difficulties encountered) “precedes” (PERT and Gantt Charts – well known in ‘Project Management Software’) and a whole lot of others…

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation96 Any number of ideas can be easily added, if they’re relevant to the Mission on “Education”!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation97 John Warfield’s ‘Interactive Management’ comprises a whole set of methodologies to: i)enable problem solvers to generate & clarify ideas along with ii)two powerful modeling tools to enable them to ‘structure’, or organise ideas generated. You’ve just seen ISM, one of the modeling tools.

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation98 Apart from ISM, Warfield has created another powerful modeling tool, ‘Field Representation and Profiling Method’ (FR) designed to help us put elements in a system into appropriate ‘similarity classes’ or ‘categories’ – which then help us explore the relationships (transitive and other) between elements and categories. We illustrate the Field Representation Method with three examples – one example being a general structure of the utmost simplicity; the second one relates to our Mission of “Developing effective educational systems for India’s real needs”, and the third one is a pretty complex Field…

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation99 Here’s a list of some diverse Missions To become a top level software designer To double organizational turnover within one year “Garibi hatao!” – (The ‘anti-poverty’ slogan of Indira Gandhi’s government – the slogan was excellent, but the initiative as a whole failed rather miserably) To master my math syllabus and thereby get excellent results in my math exams To get myself a satisfying and well-paying job “To create an effective system of governance to meet India’s needs” To align individuals in the organization to the organization’s goals To qualify myself for the best job opportunities available To launch a new product in the US market in 2008 To set up my own consulting business To become a global leader in software services by 2015 “To ensure 90% true literacy in India within 10 years” To align individuals in the organization to the organization’s goals Our first example of FR follows… We shall now use the Field Representation process on this confusing list to clarify things a bit…

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation100 In your opinion, is “----------” (element 2) similar to (/in the same category as) “------------” (element 1) [keeping in mind the kind of organizational structures that may be needed to accomplish the specific Mission] ? The first step of the FR process involves inserting the ‘elements’ into categories/’similarity classes’ A: Dimension 1 ● To become a top-level software designer We start by inserting the first element into a blank ‘Dimension’, as illustrated below… …and then we ask ‘modeling questions’, as shown, next … General ‘modeling question’, for creating Field Representations… First element inserted in Dimension 1

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation101 In your opinion, is “To double organizational turnover within 1 year” (element ‘2’) similar to (/in the same category as) “to become a top-level software designer” (element ‘1’) [keeping in mind the kind of organizational structures that may be needed to accomplish the specific Mission] ? More specifically (in this case): Response Is “NO”, so this element goes into a different category as shown, next slide…

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation102 Here’s how the Field Representation develops: A: Dimension 1B: Dimension 2 ● to become a top-level ● To double organizational software designer turnover within 1 year In your opinion, is “Garibi Hatao!” (element ‘3’) similar to (/in the same category as) “to become a top-level software designer” (element ‘1’) [keeping in mind the kind of organizational structures that may be needed to accomplish the specific Mission] ? Response: “NO”, so new question asked… In your opinion, is “Garibi Hatao!” (element ‘3’) similar to (/in the same category as) “To double org. turnover within 1 year?” (element ‘2’) [keeping in mind the kind of organizational structures that may be needed to accomplish the specific Mission] ? Next trigger question: Response again: “NO”, so a new dimension is created… A: Dimension 1B: Dimension 2 ● to become a top-level ● To double org. software designer turnover within 1 year C: Dimension 3 ● Garibi Hatao! and so on… A: Dimension 1 ● To become a top-level software designer Next trigger question: If the response to a modeling question is “NO”, the question is asked again w.r.t. another element, or a new Dimension is created and the question-element is inserted there. If the response is “YES”, then the question-element is inserted in the same Dimension… Second element in Dimension 2

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation103 FR: “ System of ‘Types of Missions’ ” A: Dimension 1 To become a top-level… To master my math syllabus To get myself a satisfying and well-paid job … B: Dimension 2 To double organizational turnover… To get over the ‘attrition problem’ To align individuals in organization… To launch a new product in US market C: Dimension 3 O “Garibi Hatao!” O “To create an effective system of governance for India’s needs” O “To develop an effective educational system for our needs” O “……” Important! The titles of the categories are arrived at only after all elements are appropriately inserted into blank categories (see next…) System Tie-Line

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation104 FR: “ System of ‘Types of Missions’ ” A: Individual Missions To become a top-level… To master my math syllabus To get myself a satisfying and well-paid job … B: Organizational Missions To double organizational turnover… To get over the ‘attrition problem’ To align individuals in organization… To launch a new product in US market C: Societal Missions O “Garibi Hatao!” O “To create an effective system of governance for India’s needs” O “To develop an effective educational system for our needs” O “……” System Tie-Line

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation105 Individual Missions Organizational Missions Societal Missions IMPORTANT: The appropriate titles of the Dimensions of this Field Representation came to light only AFTER all elements were inserted into those Dimensions via an appropriate ‘modeling question’!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation106 A: Individual Missions To become a top level software designer To master my math syllabus and thereby get excellent results in my math exams To get myself a satisfying and well-paying job To qualify myself for the best job opportunities that become available To set up my own consulting business To become more effective at what I do To learn to use PowerPoint effectively …

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation107 All the Missions in the ‘Individual Missions’ category (and many others besides) have been successfully worked on by various persons Many have successfully worked on their Missions after the prototype software was created – a few were able to do this even before the software was developed!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation108 B: Organizational Missions To obtain needed financing for a major project To align individuals in the organization to the organization’s goals To double organizational turnover within one year To get over the ‘attrition problem’ To launch a new product in the US market in 2008 To become a global leader in software services by 2015 To obtain needed financing to market globally …

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation109 A few of the Missions in the ‘Organizational Missions’ category have been successfully worked on at different levels. We have been conducting OPMS workshops for organizations only after the prototype OPMS software had become available.

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation110 C: Societal Missions “Garibi hatao!” (Indira Gandhi’s famous slogan, which has alas never been effectively worked on) “To create an effective system of governance to meet India’s needs” “To develop an effective educational system for India’s needs” “To ensure 90% true literacy in India within 10 years” “To become one of the ‘least corrupt’ nations in the world within 10 years (instead of being one of the ‘more corrupt’ nations)” …

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation111 Thus far, I’ve not managed to get any group, government or NGO, to take up any of the many potential ‘societal Missions’ that OPMS could be used for. I have identified a huge number of potential projects – even a quick glance through any day’s news will fetch at least 10 potential projects that are crying out for the OPMS treatment!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation112 FR: “ System of ‘Types of Missions’ ” A: Individual Missions To become a top-level… To master my math syllabus To get myself a satisfying and well-paid job … B: Organizational Missions To double organizational turnover… To get over the ‘attrition problem’ To align individuals in organization… To launch a new product in US market C: Societal Missions O “Garibi Hatao!” O “To create an effective system of governance for India’s needs” O “To develop an effective educational system for our needs” O “……” System Tie-Line The ‘SYSTEM TIE-LINE’ stands for any of the relationships that may be inherent in the system under consideration On examining the ‘system’ with just the three dimensions that have developed here, we are now able to perceive that a couple more dimensions are required to render this into a truly useful and usable ‘system’…

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation113 FR: “ System of ‘Types of Missions’ ” A: Individual Missions To become a top-level… To master my math syllabus To get myself a satisfying and well-paid job … B: Organizational Missions To double organizational turnover… To get over the ‘attrition problem’ To align individuals in organization… To launch a new product in US market C: Societal Missions O “Garibi Hatao!” O “To create an effective system of governance for India’s needs” O “To develop an effective educational system for our needs” O “……” System Tie-Line T D: Type of organizationE: Resources reqd. Required o ~~~~~~~~~~~~ O Self-organization o ~~~~~~~~~~~~ O Incorporated Company o ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ O Government or non-governmental organisation Two more dimensions needed to create a useful ‘system’ Check out ‘understandability’ of the system as it appears now - after addition of these two extra dimensions - against the original list of objects (reviewed, next slide).

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation114 Some diverse Missions To become a top level software designer To double organizational turnover within one year “Garibi hatao!” To master my math syllabus and thereby get excellent results in my math exams To get myself a satisfying and well-paying job “To create an effective system of governance to meet India’s needs” To align individuals in the organization to the organization’s goals To qualify myself for the best job opportunities available To launch a new product in the US market in 2008 To set up my own consulting business To become a global leader in software services by 2015 “To ensure 90% true literacy in India within 10 years” To align individuals in the organization to the organization’s goals We claim that a significant enhancement in understanding develops through FR categorization – just review that Field Representation! (Reviewed, next slide)

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation115 FR: “ Systems required to handle different kinds of Missions” A: Individual Missions To become a top-level… To master my math syllabus To get myself a satisfying and well-paid job … B: Organizational Missions To double organizational turnover… To get over the ‘attrition problem’ To align individuals in organization… To launch a new product in US market C: Societal Missions O “Garibi Hatao!” O “To create an effective system of governance for India’s needs” O “To develop an effective educational system for our needs” O “……” System Tie-Line T D: Type of organizationE: Resources reqd. Required O Self- organization o ---------------------- O Incorporated Company o ---------------------- O Government or non-governmental organisation

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation116 So, let’s recap WHY we do this ‘categorization’ The mind is able to get a better ‘overview’ picture of the whole by looking at a few categories rather than looking at a large number of disparate elements We can start understanding the relationships between the factors in the system when we look at those categories rather than the disparate elements in the list (illustrated later) By creating such a Field Representation of ‘Missions’, we are enabled to understand the ‘structures’ of the kind of systems needed to accomplish each type of Mission The human mind has learnt over millennia to categorize factors in a system in ways that are useful to enable understanding of the systems confronted. The Field Representation process just utilizes this existing, well-developed human skill and thereby provides us a practical means to create ‘graphical pictures’ of systems that encompass all dimensions of the system under consideration. Most importantly, such representations, when effectively done, are models that satisfy this fundamental law of systems: “Ashby’s Law of Requisite Variety” (explained, next slides)

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation117 Ashby’s Law of Requisite Variety: (‘Simple Simon’ version) “The dimensions of a proposed solution to any problem should match the dimensions of the problem itself” A great many of our individual, organizational and societal systems are designed without the designers having kept this fundamental law in mind – which explains why so many of our systems do not perform optimally or even may fail catastrophically Take a look at the news of ANY day (including today), and you will see scores (if not hundreds) of examples to validate the claim just made – and to demonstrate the desperate need of society to have accessible practical means to ensure that our systems are designed to satisfy Ashby’s Law!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation118 We illustrate Field Representation (FR) method once again – now with a structure created from the elements in our list of elements created for the Mission of “Bringing about an Innovation Culture in the Organization” (The Field appears on two slides as it does not fit into one screen)

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation119 SYSTEMTIELINESYSTEMTIELINE TIELINETIELINE Field Representation: “System to develop and put into place effective Educational Systems for India at every level in every field SYSTEMTIELINESYSTEMTIELINE A : STAKEHOLDERS IN EDUCATION ● To discover who the real stakeholders are in each different educational section(1) ● To get stakeholders in education effectively together in various groups, to discuss educational issues and how OPMS could help(14) B : GIVE STAKEHOLDERS THEIR PROPER VOICE! ● To ensure that real stakeholders in education have a real voice(2) ● To give due weight to the ideas of all stakeholders - students, teachers, parents, others...(3) ● To ensure that all good ideas provided by different groups of people interested in education are properly integrated into our action planning(4) ● To ensure that students at each level have a proper voice in the educational systems catering to their specific needs(10) ● To ensure that teachers at each level have their proper voice in the actual actioning in the educational system(13) C : EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS ● To create educational systems meeting the real needs of those being educated and of society(5) ● To develop effective professional education courses(11) ● To initiate specific educational institutions into using OPMS for their specific interests of various kinds(19) ● To implement OPMS intensively and extensively into various educational institutions(20) ● To get good teachers involved in designing effective teaching systems through the OPMS(21) Continued, next slide

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation120 D : DEVELOPING PASSIONATE, COMMITTED TEACHERS ● To ensure that truly passionate and committed teachers are available for every educational stream(6) E : PLACE OF TEACHERS IN SOCIETY ● To provide a proper place in society for good teachers(7) ● To pay teachers well, give them the kind of rewards they really want(8) ● To provide all needed avenues for teachers to develop themselves(9) F : PRACTICAL MEANS FOR PEOPLE TO DISCUSS AND RESOLVE ISSUES ● To put into place, at an initial level, effective practical means for people to discuss and resolve issues(12) ● To convince people at large that the conventional mode of prose discussion is not effective(15) ● To convince people that prose + structural graphics (p+sg) would be most useful to develop effective Action Planning on this issue(16) ● To convince people that p+sg is in fact an essential requirement for making real headway on this complex issue(17) ● To ensure that political issues arising are effectively responded to and handled by the educational system G : CREATE OPMS EXAMPLE PORTFOLIO (for educational issues) ● To create a wide number of examples to get people interested in using OPMS on educational issues(18) SYSTEMTIELINESYSTEMTIELINE Field Representation: “System to develop and put into place effective Educational Systems for India at every level in every field (contd.) Model created using the OPMS prototype software. Write to gs_chandy@yahoo.com for information on how to get your free copy! gs_chandy@yahoo.com

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation121 SYSTEMTIELINESYSTEMTIELINE TIELINETIELINE Field Representation: “System to develop and put into place effective Educational Systems for India at every level in every field SYSTEMTIELINESYSTEMTIELINE A : STAKEHOLDERS IN EDUCATION ● To discover who the real stakeholders are in each different educational section(1) ● To get stakeholders in education effectively together in various groups, to discuss educational issues and how OPMS could help(14) B : GIVE STAKEHOLDERS THEIR PROPER VOICE! ● To ensure that real stakeholders in education have a real voice(2) ● To give due weight to the ideas of all stakeholders - students, teachers, parents, others...(3) ● To ensure that all good ideas provided by different groups of people interested in education are properly integrated into our action planning(4) ● To ensure that students at each level have a proper voice in the educational systems catering to their specific needs(10) ● To ensure that teachers at each level have their proper voice in the actual ‘actioning’ in the educational system(13) C : EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS ● To create educational systems meeting the real needs of those being educated and of society(5) ● To develop effective professional education courses(11) ● To initiate specific educational institutions into using OPMS for their specific interests of various kinds(19) ● To implement OPMS intensively and extensively into various educational institutions(20) ● To get good teachers involved in designing effective teaching systems through the OPMS(21) Let’s now look at a few things that we can do with this Field Representation We can create ‘relational sketches’ showing how one factor in a system may affect others (in the same or other dimensions)… Now watch the linkages developing in the Field Representation below! To ensure that teachers and students at each level have a proper voice in the educational systems SHOULD HELP to give due weight to the ideas of all stakeholders… To ensure that teachers and students at each level have a proper voice in the educational systems SHOULD HELP to give due weight to the ideas of all stakeholders WHICH IN TURN SHOULD ENSURE all good ideas provided by different groups are properly integrated into our action planning… A huge number of such relationships can be traced through the Field. (The elements are also related across different dimensions). The more such real relationships are traced through the system, the better the user will come to understand the Field AND the system(s) that it represents! To ensure that teachers and students at each level have a proper voice in the educational systems SHOULD HELP to give due weight to the ideas of all stakeholders WHICH IN TURN SHOULD ENSURE all good ideas provided by different groups are properly integrated into our action planning WHICH IN TURN SHOULD HELP to create educational systems that meet the real needs of those being educated…

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation122 D : DEVELOPING PASSIONATE, COMMITTED TEACHERS ● To ensure that truly passionate and committed teachers are available for every educational stream(6) E : PLACE OF TEACHERS IN SOCIETY ● To provide a proper place in society for good teachers(7) ● To pay teachers well, give them the kind of rewards they really want(8) ● To provide all needed avenues for teachers to develop themselves(9) F : PRACTICAL MEANS FOR PEOPLE TO DISCUSS AND RESOLVE ISSUES ● To put into place, at an initial level, effective practical means for people to discuss and resolve issues(12) ● To convince people at large that the conventional mode of prose discussion is not effective(15) ● To convince people that prose + structural graphics (p+sg) would be most useful to develop effective Action Planning on this issue(16) ● To convince people that p+sg is in fact an essential requirement for making real headway on this complex issue(17) ● To ensure that political issues arising are effectively responded to and handled by the educational system G : CREATE OPMS EXAMPLE PORTFOLIO (for educational issues) ● To create a wide number of examples to get people interested in using OPMS on educational issues(18) SYSTEMTIELINESYSTEMTIELINE Field Representation: “System to develop and put into place effective Educational Systems for India at every level in every field (contd.) There are plenty of relationships to be traced here, too, on the next part of the Field Representation! (Not done in his illustration) 2nd Page

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation123 A : STAKEHOLDERS IN EDUCATION B : GIVE STAKEHOLDERS THEIR PROPER VOICE! C : EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS D : DEVELOPING PASSIONATE, COMMITTED TEACHERS E : PLACE OF TEACHERS IN SOCIETY F : PRACTICAL MEANS FOR PEOPLE TO DISCUSS AND RESOLVE ISSUES G : CREATE OPMS EXAMPLE PORTFOLIO (for educational issues) Here’s something else we can do with the FR: We can create an ISM with the TITLES of the Dimensions in the Field Representation. (We look once more at the titles…) Next slide, we illustrate the ISM created with the titles of these dimensions (using a transitive relationship that’s a bit more complex than straight ‘contribution’) Titles of Field Dimensions:

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation124 CREATE OPMS EXAMPLE PORTFOLIO (for educational issues) ● Proper PLACE OF TEACHERS IN SOCIETY ● DEVELOPING PASSIONATE, COMMITTED TEACHERS PRACTICAL MEANS FOR PEOPLE TO DISCUSS AND RESOLVE ISSUES GIVE ALL STAKEHOLDERS THEIR PROPER VOICE! EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS ISM created from ‘Dimensions of Education Field Representation’ Two elements in a single box with bullets before them (as above) means that each holds the specified relationship to the other element in the box The explanatory and clarificatory power of the FR is huge – but one has to use it regularly to understand its value to help us understand our systems… We can also create ISMs using the elements within each of the Dimensions of the Field Representation – this enables us to explore within each Dimension or aspect of the system(s) under consideration (Illustrated, next slide) “should help provide stimulus for”

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation125 To ensure that real stakeholders in education have a real voice in the system ● To ensure that teachers at each level have their proper voice in the actual ‘actioning’ in the educational system ● To ensure that students at each level have a proper voice in the educational systems catering to their specific needs ● To enable all stakeholders (parents, management, others) have their proper voice To ensure that all good ideas provided by different groups of people interested in education are properly integrated into our action planning To give due weight to the ideas of all stakeholders… “should contribute” ISM from elements in Dimension: “ Give Stakeholders Their Proper Voice !”

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation126 ‘model of models’ OPMS). Now, we illustrate Field Representation (FR) method once again – now with a quite complex ‘second-order’ model -- a ‘model of models’: this is the ‘One Page Management System’ (OPMS). The OPMS powerfully ‘enables’ people to accomplish the Missions of current interest to them, by enabling them to see their systems with utmost clarity, in a highly ‘actionable’ way...

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation127 The ‘SYSTEM TIE-LINE’ provides us a practical means to show how elements in various Dimensions may impact on the Mission and on the THINGS TO DO in our Action Planning’ – e.g. how do the various BARRIERS impact on the activities to be performed to accomplish the Mission?, etc, etc… all All aspects of ANY ‘Mission’ – no matter how large or ambitious, can be captured on a single page, with linkages to all details! This is a ‘generic’ model, applicable to any Mission! This is a ‘2 nd order’ Field Representation: a ‘MODEL OF MODELS’ – it comprises of ALL the elements and ALL the models arising during the course of any Mission into appropriate classes that have been found useful through years of people working on Missions. This Dimensions contains: THINGS TO DO to accomplish the Mission and all the action models constructed using the elements in the THINGS TO DO list All the BARRIERS/ etc that may hinder or prevent accomplishment of Mission – AND all the models with BARRIERS, etc. All the BARRIERS, etc, that may hinder or prevent accomplishment of Mission AND all the action models constructed using those elements Linkages should be developed between elements in the various dimensions of our OPMS in order to clarify our minds about our systems and how to develop effective action in them! On exploring such linkages, we find that we’re naturally begin to ‘understand the system better’ – and are also enabled to develop all needed sub-systems for our ‘System to accomplish the chosen Mission’. The whole system we create will be highly effective because we have understood the relationships between the factors in the system! Linkage across Dimensions: How do the BARRIERS, etc, hinder or prevent accomplishment of THINGS TO DO (and the Mission)? Linkage across Dimensions: How to develop appropriate THINGS TO DO that would help us to overcome the BARRIERS, etc??? That important question becomes entirely clear to us! Use of ‘System Tie-Line

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation128 THINGS TO DO BARRIERS More THINGS TO DO Hinder specific to overcome We get a series of models like the following, which would help clarify how to accomplish desired objectives: the models are detailed in regard to which BARRIERS hinder which specific THINGS TO DO, and exactly what are the THINGS TO DO to overcome specific BARRIERS! We get a whole series of such models linking up specific elements in the various dimensions of the OPMS to specific elements in other dimensions The model means: “BARRIERS hinder specific THINGS TO DO – and we are enabled to identify more THINGS TO DO to overcome those BARRIERS” Enable us to identify Action Plans to develop the strengths required (but not currently available) to accomplish Mission How to prepare to avail the OPPORTUNITIES within the ‘window of opportunity’! How to overcome weaknesses that may hinder or prevent accomplishment of our Mission!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation129 It’s called the One Page Management System because: All the information related to the ‘Mission’ is crystallized onto a single page – and any part of it can be accessed because of the linkages in the model From this one page, linkages would develop to show you how: THINGS TO DO would contribute to each other and to the Mission; BARRIERS/DIFFICULTIES and THREATS might hinder or prevent accomplishment of THINGS TO DO – and you can find out other THINGS TO DO to overcome those BARRIERS, etc. What STRENGTHS are required to accomplish the Mission (and how to acquire them); What OPPORTUNITIES are available to accomplish the Mission – and how to prepare to avail of them; How existing WEAKNESSES might hinder or prevent accomplishment, and how to overcome those WEAKNESSES; And a whole lot else! It really is an ‘Operating System for the Human Mind’! This huge claim can be justified in detail in a live workshop session The whole process of developing an OPMS is highly iterative, which ensures that mistaken/weak ideas are continuingly weeded out so that the Action Plans developed represent the best thinking that’s available on the Mission!

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation130 Linkages developing through OPMS: How to overcome BARRIERS, WEAKNESSES, etc ? How to develop needed STRENGTHS? How to use available STRENGTHS to overcome WEAKNESSES? How to prepare to avail OPPORTUNITIES that may arise? Which EVENTS/ACTIVITIES should come first? What is most important to do for accomplishment of Mission?? Etc, etc, etc, etc …

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation131 Get out all good ideas available Record (and clarify) those ideas Put the ideas together in some kind of usable order – i.e. create an ‘action plan’ ‘Integrate’ all aspects of the action plan We revert to a slide shown much earlier: Get out all good ideas available! Record (and clarify) those ideas! Idea Generation tools Put the ideas together into an effective Action Plan! Interpretive Structural Modeling Field Representation Method Integrate everything to create a true system! One Page Management System (OPMS) How is all this accomplished? Prototype OPMS software is ready and is freely available. Just write in to gs_chandy@yahoo.com to find out how you may download, install and use it!gs_chandy@yahoo.com

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation132 It’s all based on the following ‘Fundamental Model’

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation133 Mental Models Real World Trigger Questions Elements Representations of Mental Models ACTIONACTION Bold arrows mean “lead(s) to” Means “applied to” Comparison We claim that OPMS is by far THE most effective means available to create needed changes in our mental models, and to guide appropriate action on the real world! Feedback OPMS Process This fundamental model, through the OPMS, enables a powerful ‘problem-solving loop’ to develop in the individual/group mind

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation134 Fundamental Model Interpret Action Monitor Capture Crystallize Model Our powerful ‘Model For Applying Science to Global Issues’ develops by systematically building on this loop “Problem-solving loop “leads to” “enables”

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation135 Enabling Process Effective Application of General Principles of Problem Solving in Complex Systems Specific application to various areas – human behaviour; political functions; governance, etc. “enable(s)” Integrated approach to problem solving for global issues The OPMS approach fits in very well with all the major ‘Theories and Principles of Science and Integrated Systems – including human behaviour’. It leads to the most effective possible consensus problem solving on complex issues

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation136 The Business Process Model – a macro picture Enables The ‘type’ of enablement is somewhat different at each level

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation137 Information about John Warfield’s books, papers, etc: http://www.jnwarfield.com and see also the ‘John Warfield Collection’ maintained at the library of George Mason University http://www.gmu.edu/library/specialcollections/warfield.htm http://www.jnwarfield.comhttp://www.gmu.edu/library/specialcollections/warfield.htm The OPMS is based on the seminal contributions to systems science by Professor John N. Warfield.

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation138 For more information about OPMS and/or free use of the prototype OPMS software along with some (also free; but quite limited) guidance on how to use it; how to interpret models created; “what to do next”; etc, please contact: G.S. Chandy email: gs_chandy@yahoo.com (gs_chandy….) Bangalore: Terrapin Station (near Delhi Public School) Sathanur Village, Bagalur P.O., PIN: 562149 Bangalore, India Tel.: +91-80-65700814gs_chandy@yahoo.com Currently camped at Mumbai: c/o Sahi Oretrans Pvt Ltd Western India House, 3 rd Floor (Above Bombay Store) Sir P.M. Road, Fort Mumbai - 400 001, India Telephone: +91-22-40335424 (Personal line) +91-22-40335454 (Board line)

Our Journey Begins Now… Thank You! …as soon as you want to start working effectively on YOUR ambitious Mission… …just write in to gs_chandy@yahoo.com to ask for the prototype OPMS software… (it’s freely available)gs_chandy@yahoo.com

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation140 Back to ‘Contents Page’ The ‘Elevator’ Presentation Briefly, about ‘Prose + Structural Graphics’ Realized and Potential OPMS Projects Some business considerations relating to OPMS That was the ‘Technical Story’ behind the OPMS. In mainly non- technical language. Anyone can use the OPMS without knowing the underlying technology stuff. However, if you want to convince others to use OPMS, you would need to know a fair bit about this ‘technology’. (But that too is quite easy indeed, via the OPMS!)

(c) GS ChandyOPMS General Presentation141 Briefly, about ‘Prose + Structural Graphics’ (Under preparation – in due course, there will be a full section on this topic. For now, we have included a brief explanation in outline about ‘prose + structural graphics’ in the section ‘The Technical Story’ – see slides 70 to 75 at ‘The Technical Story’. Click here to go back to main ‘Contents Page’ - from there you can go easily to ‘The Technical Story’)Click here to go back to main ‘Contents Page’ Back to ‘Contents Page’ FreeMind MindMapper Until the OPMS ‘sketchpad facility’ is available, one can make quite useful ‘relational sketches’ of elements in a system using the ‘FreeMind’ or the ‘Mind Manager’ software. You can access the specific sites by clicking the respective links below. (You have to be connected to the Internet to access these websites) Freemind is free software MindMapper is commercial software

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