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Selected:GIST PlanningHypothesis-Driven TroubleshootingFailure Mode and Effects AnalysisFishbone Diagram
| Criterion | ![]() Product Strategy GIST Planning | ![]() Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting | ![]() Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis | ![]() Operations Fishbone Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. | When systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | 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 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 | Medium | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 30-240 min | 2-6 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1-6 | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause | Root causeQualityOperations |



