Best practice petals repeat actions to build sustaining skills.
RELATE to understand
SOLVE root cause
AGREE ownership
DESIGN fit-for-purpose solution
RESOURCE low cost life-cycle solution
IMPLEMENT order
Plan
We use best practices for each step of our Need, Priority, Budget & Order planning cycle as follows:
NEED:
RELATE to understand a challenge’s root cause
SOLVE the root cause
PRIORITY:
AGREE ownership of the solution
DESIGN fit-for-purpose solution
BUDGET:
RESOURCE for low cost life-cycle solution
ORDER:
IMPLEMENT budgeted projects with an order
Relate
Relate to the challenge in order to understand its root cause.
Understanding cycle:
Relate – to the person facing the challenge
Respect – what the person believes is the challenge
Reflect – upon the challenge and possible root causes
Respond – with sustainable solution options
Solve
Solve the root cause of the challenge
Root cause cycle:
Symptom – list is documented.
Root cause – is found by asking what is causing the symptom(s) and why.
Options – list of possible solutions with pros and cons of each.
Solution – test preferred sustainable solution.
Agree
Agree priority and ownership for the solution’s sustainability.
Ownership cycle:
Concept – document the challenge and preferred solution.
Rough – document Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) cost & benefit(s)
Design – fit-for-purpose solution
Budget – Bill of Materials (BOM) final budget for stages of low cost life-cycle.
Schedule – project that has funded budget.
Design
Design a fit-for-purpose solution to the challenge.
Fit-for-purpose cycle:
Purpose – document the challenge, preferred solution and benefits.
Parts – that will be used and sustained by the people to deliver the solution to the challenge.
Process – that the people will us to overcome the challenge and sustain the solution.
People – who are facing the challenge and will benefit from the solution and sustain it.
Resource
Resource for a low cost life-cycle solution.
Low cost life-cycle:
Design & Build – fit-for-purpose solution.
Protect & Operate – to easily overcome the challenge.
Maintain & Repair – throughout the low cost life-cycle.
Improve & Sustain – the fit-for-purpose solution and low cost life-cycle.
Implement
Order high priority funded project.
Order cycle:
Stage – the parts for the people to use.
Do – the process and deliver the solution by the people using the parts.
Report – the deliverables, expenditures and asset outcomes.
Pay – for the verified ordered outcomes.
Agree ownership
A negotiated collaborative solution brings together feelings of ownership and goodwill that are fueled by sharing of best practices. Solutions are collaboratively designed with our partners, families, schools and communities so that the root cause of the need is understood, addressed and agreed.
Ownership
By the families and schools to help each other and their children to be healthy, educated and able to earn an income.
Goodwill
Trust, responsiveness and mutual benefit can develop an enduring collaboration between our partners, families and schools.
Best Practices
Families and schools can benefit from sharing and using best practices that improve everyone’s lives. For example, rural primary school students use organic growing best practices to grow-their-own breakfast each school day.
Resource for low cost life-cycle
A sustainable solution provides predictable, continuously improving value so that it can be sustained by families and communities throughout it’s life-cycle.
Life Cycle Design
Life Cycle Design’s purpose is to develop solutions that provide predictable, valuable and continuously improving outcomes.
Design & Build
Collaborate with families, schools and communities to design, build and implement fit-for-purpose solutions.
Protect & Operate
Protect the parts in the environment from weather, animals and people, and make them easy to operate.
Maintain & Repair
Maintain parts to minimize replacement, and repair as needed so that the parts will last a long time.
Improve & Sustain
Improve any processes and parts over time so that the user will create more value and want to sustain and keep using the solution.
Design fit-for-purpose
A fit-for-purpose holistic solution brings together people, process and parts to create solutions that address the root causes of challenges to achieving sustainable living.
People
Work parties are made up of interested people who are willing and able to work together to create value.
Work parties have clear accountability and responsibility.
Process
Procedures from the Better Lives library are combined to create repeatable processes.
The procedures are based upon easy, efficient and effective steps that are enjoyable to teach and learn.
Parts
Fit-for-purpose modular parts are enjoyable to use because they help achieve a process’s purpose easily, efficiently and effectively.
A “Low cost life-cycle” part can be maintained, repaired and improved.