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Criterion
Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
Paper illustration for Golden Path
Engineering
Golden Path
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Purposedifferent
When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do.When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate.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
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-3 Tage Setup, laufend1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
2-102-83-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasGolden Path Guide, Templates, Quality ChecksProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan
Tagsno overlap
AssessmentPortfolioCapability
EngineeringProductivityGovernance
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
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Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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Root Cause Tree Analysis
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Barrier Analysis