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| Criterion |  Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |  Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |  Operations Scatter Diagram |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. | 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. | A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-6 h | 45-90 min | 30-90 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints | Scatter Plot, Korrelationsnotiz, Hypothesenliste | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes |
Tagsno overlap | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders | Root causeQualityVisualization | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization |