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| Criterion |  Engineering Golden Path |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |  Delivery RAID Log |  Operations 8D Problem Solving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | 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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. | For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 30-60 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 1-6 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog | RAID Log, Status Report Source | 8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan |
Tagsno overlap | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | Root causeQualityOperations | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | QualityProblem solvingRoot cause |