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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
Operations
Fishbone Diagram
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events.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
30 min Setup, dann laufend2-6 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective ActionsFishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
Root causeQualityOperations
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Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
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Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
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Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration for Root Cause Tree Analysis
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Root Cause Tree Analysis