Cleaning Strategizer

The purpose of the Cleaning Strategizer is to quickly pinpoint a strategy for improving your current house cleaning program.  Use the four sliding scales below to assess your situation.  Then, push the "Get Results" button.  Try different answers until you get the best fit.

Cleaning Strategizer Online Utility
1. MORALE:  How primary cleaner feels about cleaning program
Overwhelmed
and/or don't care
Involved
but
frustrated
4. INMATE BEHAVIOR:  Family member rule observance/tidiness
Everyone trained to
keep public and
personal places tidy
Public and personal spaces
occasionally get messy
Rules known, but,
observed only after scolding and prodding
Everyone acts
like there is
a maid here
Don't allow clutter:
Everything must have
a place
Periodically purge
rooms of underused
items
Put stuff away
but
things build up
Only do
on a
crisis basis
3. CLUTTER MGMT:  Family's approach to controlling clutter
2. DEEP CLEANING:  Approach to heavy cleaning of each room in the home
Try to clean key
areas at least
every month
Do it whenever
need becomes
obvious
Set schedule ensures
every room gets routine
deep cleaning
Following weekly
or monthly
schedule
Only do
on a
crisis basis
Satisfied
and
confident
Content
but
vigilant

Results Section
Current Situation
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Recommended Strategy
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Key Priorities
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- Interpreting results:
The Cleaning Strategizer is based upon a patent-pending model of house cleaning skills development which relates performance in various disciplines to an overall cleaning program level.  The assumption is that your needs will be different depending upon how sound your current cleaning program is.

A key benefit of the Cleaning Strategizer is that recommendations are different based upon the assumed current level of your existing cleaning program.  The emphasis by level is:

  • Lower levels:  developing sound daily and weekly routines
  • Middle levels:  clutter management and "inmate" behavior modification
  • Higher levels:  organization, decor, personal style

If you can't seem to get a sensible set of results, then look at the article “Behind the Model” for additional ideas.  The complete model uses nine factors.  If one or two of the factors rate higher or lower than your average score, that may suggest an area or areas to work on first.