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Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Purposedifferent
The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.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 problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 min60-90 min1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
2-84-103-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan
Tagsno overlap
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
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Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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8D Problem Solving
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Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
Paper illustration for Root Cause Tree Analysis
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Root Cause Tree Analysis