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Criterion
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
Purposedifferent
IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.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.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.
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1-3 h15-30 min2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
2-832-8
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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Issue Map, Positions, Argument NotesClarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
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RationaleKnowledgeDecision
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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8D Problem Solving
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Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
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Fishbone Diagram
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
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Root Cause Analysis