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Criterion
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
Operations
Change Analysis
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Purposedifferent
For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
45-120 min1-4 Wochen1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
2-66-30 Experten3-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Change Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action ListExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan
Tagsno overlap
ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
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Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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8D Problem Solving
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
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