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Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
Purposedifferent
When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.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.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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LowHighHigh
Timedifferent
45-90 min2-6 h2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
3-103-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Responsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective ActionsProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
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RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
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