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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Operations Root Cause Analysis |  Operations Scatter Diagram |  Operations 5 Whys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early. | 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. | When the question is whether two measures are related, the method makes patterns in the data picture visible. It separates felt correlations from relationships that actually show up in the data. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-4 h | 30-90 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan | Scatter Plot, Korrelationsnotiz, Hypothesenliste | Root cause notes, Countermeasures |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident | Root causeQualityVisualization | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving |