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Criterion
Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
Operations
Fishbone Diagram
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Purposedifferent
When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers.When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance.For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.
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Timedifferent
30-60 minHalber Tag bis 2 Tage2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
2-815-2003-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation BacklogSession Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsFMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions
Tagsno overlap
Root causeQualityOperations
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause
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Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for Fault Tree Analysis.
Operations
Fault Tree Analysis