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| Criterion |  Operations Eat the Frog |  Operations Kepner-Tregoe |  Decision Making Pareto Analysis |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. | For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations. | In many problem situations, effect is distributed unequally across many causes. A Pareto Analysis separates the few drivers with high leverage from the long remainder and focuses attention on what measurably moves the needle. | When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-90 min daily | 2-8 h | 30-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus | Problem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan | Pareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus List | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution | Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations | PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause | Root causeQualityOperations |