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Selected:Root Cause AnalysisOutcome-Driven InnovationFailure Mode and Effects AnalysisFishbone Diagram
| Criterion |  Operations Root Cause Analysis |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs. | For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability. | 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 | Medium | High | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h | Mehrere Wochen | 2-6 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause | Root causeQualityOperations |