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Criterion
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
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Fishbone Diagram
Purposedifferent
When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.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
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
15-45 minMehrere Tage bis Wochen30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-102-62-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsFishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
Root causeQualityOperations
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Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
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