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Criterion
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Purposedifferent
When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-4 h
Participantssame
3-83-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
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