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| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Decision Making Pareto Analysis |  Operations Eat the Frog |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 30-60 min | 15-90 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1-6 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Pareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus List | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution |
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