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Criterion
Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
Operations
Fishbone Diagram
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
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 a service experience is spread across several touchpoints, it brings frontstage and backstage together. It shows where user contact and internal responsibility must fit.
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LowHighHigh
Timedifferent
30-60 min2-8 h0.5-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-82-86-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation BacklogProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk PlanService Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map
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Root causeQualityOperations
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
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Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
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