BaseLine© is designed for anyone who wants to monitor the behaviour or performance of their "system" or "process". Anyone with time-sequenced data can simply cut n' paste that data into BaseLine©, instantly converting it into a simple chart - a picture of how things are changing, and how predictably.
A BaseLine© process behaviour chart is a picture that literally saves a thousand words because it initiates conversations that are about the system rather than about isolated, spurious or unrelated events. BaseLine© is a tool that empowers those working on the system, with the help of those working in the system, to maintain their system in a stable and predictable state and then to safely steer sustained improvement and innovation.
You can get started immediately by downloading BaseLine© version and paste in some of your own time-sequenced data - just 15 points is usually enough. BaseLine© is intuitive to use and to help you get started please download the Introductory User Guide.
When you have demonstrated the magic of BaseLine© you can fully activate your copy by buying an activation code on line - just entering your unique registration code and payment details.
The UK cost is just £49.99 incl of VAT.
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Quick Recipes
A. Create a Run Chart
B. Create an Individuals Chart
C. Create a Chart using Measurement Events
D. Interpreting the Individuals Chart
E. Using Rational Groups
F. Making a Prognosis
G. Handling Cyclical Data
H. Interpreting "Special Cause Variation"
Example
To give you a flavour of how BaseLine© is used in practice - here is a set of twenty measurements from a test system ...
47; 55; 40; 52; 55; 70; 60; 43; 51; 41; 73; 73; 79; 89; 83; 86; 78; 85; 71; 70;
For most of us the story hiding in this sequence of numbers doesn't exactly jump out of the page!
When you copy n' paste
the row of data into BaseLine© you can see the pattern immediately.
Time-ordered data presented as a picture is much easier to interpret because it is how our brains have evolved to work.
When presented as a picture you can see immediately that something changed between points 10 and 11 - there has been a clear step increase in the scores.
T
he change looks obvious, but can we also say with confidence that it is significant? Could this have happened purely by chance?With BaseLine© you can answer this question with the click of a button - by creating an Individuals Chart.
BaseLine© scans through the data, calculates the average (green
line) and also measures the change from point-to-point to calculate the limits of
natural variation (red lines). Baseline© then uses these
guidelines to search for
specific patterns in the data. If it finds any of these patterns it marks the start of the
pattern with a red flag and a number that indicates the type of patten it found.
These flags say "there is very probably something going on here that is not
just chance". In other words - "there is signal in the noise".
The Individuals Chart confirms our initial subjective impression. What exactly has changed?
With BaseLine© you can answer this question with twomclicks: select point 11 and then split the data into two segments (points 1 to 10 and points 11 to 20).
BaseLine© will
now scan the two segments separately and display the results on the chart.
It is now obvious just what the change was: the average has jumped from about 50 to about 80.
There is another change visible too: the point-to-point variation over time has fallen; as shown by the narrowing of the limits of natural variation.
This single change explains all the "signals" and we now have good evidence that our system has improved; it is both better and more consistent.
With this richer picture of the story of we can:
- Say with confidence that there has been a significant improvement.
- State what has changed and by how much.
- Justify investing time into looking at what happened between points 10 and 11 and learn from what we find.
- Predict-within-limits what the future scores should be.
- See immediately if any further changes occur as we add more data points; for better or worse.
With BaseLine© you have a tool to see what your process or system is trying to say to you.
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