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| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Operations 8D Problem Solving |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | 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. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 1-6 Wochen | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 4-10 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | 8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | QualityProblem solvingRoot cause | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |
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