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Criterion
Paper illustration for Fault Isolation.
Engineering
Fault Isolation
Paper illustration of a JTBD interview notebook with a decision timeline, forces of change and a concise job hypothesis.
Product Discovery
Jobs to Be Done
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
Operations
Change Analysis
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.When switching motives and progress are unclear, it reconstructs the situation from real customer circumstances. It shows why a switch happens and what kind of progress is being sought.For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-180 min1-3 Wochen45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1-65-12 Interviews2-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault AreaJob Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity ListChange Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List
Tagsno overlap
TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering
CustomerOutcomesNeeds
ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison
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Paper illustration for Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting.
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Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting
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Product Discovery
Opportunity Scoring
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Architecture
SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method)
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