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Paper illustration for Fault Tree Analysis.
Operations
Fault Tree Analysis
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Purposedifferent
For a critical top event with several possible triggers, the method logically models failure paths. It makes visible which combinations of conditions can lead to damage.When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
2-6 h15-45 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-81-104-100+
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Fault Tree, Critical Paths, Cause Hypotheses, Control ActionsMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
RiskRoot causeSafety
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier Analysis