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Selected:Hypothesis-Driven TroubleshootingRAID LogRoot Cause AnalysisFailure Mode and Effects Analysis
| Criterion | ![]() Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting | ![]() Delivery RAID Log | ![]() Operations Root Cause Analysis | ![]() Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | 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. | When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30-240 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 1-4 h | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 3-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause |



