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Criterion
Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
Operations
Fishbone Diagram
Game Day workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Game Day
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.In preparing for rare incidents, the method tests response capability under controlled conditions. It shows where assumptions about stability, roles, and recovery are too optimistic.
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30-60 minHalber Tag
Participantsdifferent
2-85-20
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
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Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation BacklogSimulation Notes, Gaps List, Updated Runbooks
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Root causeQualityOperations
ResilienceOperationsIncident
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Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
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Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
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Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration for Root Cause Tree Analysis
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Root Cause Tree Analysis