This is a suggestion for a better way to explain four figures of SAY.
We should change the content of 4 figures but leave the titles as they are.
Why? In several trainings we have experienced that participants do not always understand these figures and their relationship.
(To make this clear: All of this was heavily influenced by the work of Barbara Minto).
Here is my suggestion: We use 3 practical cases A, B, and C which are referred to in all 4 figures:
SA 1
SA 1.1 Map situation
…before explaining the problem:
A “Plan is production cost of mEUR 23”
B “Web based tools are important for us”
C “East Asia is the fastest growing market”
SA 1.2 Explain problem
…before raising the question:
A “Annual forecast is production cost of mEUR 25”
B “Our reporting tool is not web based”
C “We have only one partner in East Asia”
SA 1.3 Raise question
…which then leads to your message:
A “What can we do to reduce production costs?”
B “Which web based reporting tool should we buy?”
C “How can we come to more partners in East Asia?
SA2
SA 2.2 Detect, explain, or suggest
A “3D printers will reduce annual cost by mEUR 2.5” (detection)
B “We think we should buy product xy because of…” (explanation)
C “We should contact the nm association” (suggestion)
I have no suggestion for the layout of these figures yet. Using icons for A, B, and C might be a good idea.
I suggest to leave the present numbering for the time being although I think that SA 2.2 should be the first figure of SA 2.
Imran Mohammed
Hi everyone,
Visualize and structure for text is one part of the problem. The reader needs to have a structured text to understand the message.
What I am missing in ibcs is the quality of the text that is written and somebody else has to understand. Readability is the keyword.
The topic I am currently doing a research on is.
Is it possible to analyse text in Word and check the following topics:
– Readability of Text in Word
– Anlayse text to avoid words in text that are not allowed
– Consistency check (EUR and €)
– Length of Sentences
– Length of paragraphs
Also I have found this type of information:
Flesch–Kincaid readability tests
This test helps you to check how difficult a text is by analysing the following key elements of the text I want to analyse:
– total number of words
– total sentences
– total Syllables
Further information regarding this topic are here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch%E2%80%93Kincaid_readability_tests
The formula written in this article is for English text only.
The German formula could be adapted from the English version.
Maybe we could also think about adding more of this type of information in ibcs.