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| Criterion |  Facilitation Delegation Poker |  Operations Root Cause Analysis |  Operations Causal Factor Analysis |  Operations 8D Problem Solving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When decisions get stuck between leadership and team, Delegation Poker clarifies the desired scope of autonomy. It shows how much decision-making latitude a role should actually get in practice. | 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. | For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events. | 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 | Low | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-4 h | 2-6 h | 1-6 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-8 | 3-10 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Delegation Board, Decision Boundaries, Role Agreements | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions | 8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan |
Tagsno overlap | AutonomyRolesTeam | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline | QualityProblem solvingRoot cause |