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Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
A 5 Whys working surface connects an observable problem with evidenced causes, marked uncertainty and concrete countermeasures with ownership.
Operations
5 Whys
Purposedifferent
DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.When there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h30-120 min15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-62-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportObservation Notes, Improvement IdeasRoot cause notes, Countermeasures
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StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
LeanObservationProcessOperations
Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving
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Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
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Kepner-Tregoe
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
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Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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8D Problem Solving