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Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Paper illustration for Fault Tree Analysis.
Operations
Fault Tree Analysis
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
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.For a critical top event with several possible triggers, the method logically models failure paths. It makes visible which combinations of conditions can lead to damage.When story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process.
Complexitydifferent
HighHighLow
Timedifferent
2-6 h2-6 h15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
3-103-83
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation ActionsFault Tree, Critical Paths, Cause Hypotheses, Control ActionsClarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause
RiskRoot causeSafety
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
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Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
Operations
Fishbone Diagram
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier Analysis