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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Purposedifferent
When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing.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.
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Timedifferent
60-90 min30–60 min1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
4-104-83-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentEmpathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan
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FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
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Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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8D Problem Solving
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
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Kepner-Tregoe