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| Criterion |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Operations Root Cause 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. | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. | When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 45-120 min | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan |
Tagsno overlap | Root causeQualityOperations | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident |
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