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Criterion
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
Operations
Fishbone Diagram
Purposedifferent
For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h30 min Setup, dann laufend30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresRAID Log, Status Report SourceFishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog
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FlowMeasurementConstraints
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
Root causeQualityOperations
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Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints.
Operations
Theory of Constraints
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving