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Criterion
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
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Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
Purposedifferent
With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.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 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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Timedifferent
45-90 min1-4 h2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-82-8
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action PlanProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
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RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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8D Problem Solving
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Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping