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Criterion
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
Operations
Fishbone Diagram
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.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
2-6 h15-30 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-1032-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation ActionsClarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsFishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog
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RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
Root causeQualityOperations
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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 a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example Mapping
Paper illustration for Fault Tree Analysis.
Operations
Fault Tree Analysis