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Criterion
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowHigh
Timedifferent
90-180 min45-90 min1-6 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
3-82-84-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
CoD Table, Prioritization SequenceAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
QualityProblem solvingRoot cause
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Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
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Kepner-Tregoe
Paper illustration for Pareto Analysis
Decision Making
Pareto Analysis
Paper illustration of a calibrated five-by-five risk matrix with response cards.
Decision Making
Risk Matrix