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| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Facilitation Problem Framing Workshop |  Facilitation 3-Circle Venn Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|
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 a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other. | When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 60-120 min | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 4-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Problem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis Questions | Venn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery | ComparisonFacilitationAlignment |
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