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Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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MORT Analysis
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
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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.For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.
Complexitysame
HighHighHigh
Timedifferent
Mehrere Tage bis Wochen1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
2-64-103-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
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MORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsProblem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
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Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
InnovationPrototypeResearch
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
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Causal Factor Analysis
Paper illustration of Family Tree Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
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Theory of Constraints Thinking Process