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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Operations 8D Problem Solving |  Operations Scatter Diagram |  Operations 5 Whys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly. | When the question is whether two measures are related, the method makes patterns in the data picture visible. It separates felt correlations from relationships that actually show up in the data. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-6 Wochen | 30-90 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | 8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan | Scatter Plot, Korrelationsnotiz, Hypothesenliste | Root cause notes, Countermeasures |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | QualityProblem solvingRoot cause | Root causeQualityVisualization | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving |