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| Criterion |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |  Operations Kepner-Tregoe |  Operations Scatter Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations. | When the question is whether two measures are related, the method makes patterns in the data picture visible. It separates felt correlations from relationships that actually show up in the data. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 2-8 h | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog | Problem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan | Scatter Plot, Korrelationsnotiz, Hypothesenliste |
Tags1 shared | Root causeQualityOperations | Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations | Root causeQualityVisualization |
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