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| Criterion |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Operations Causal Factor Analysis |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Operations Root Cause Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | 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 decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 2-6 h | 60-90 min | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-10 | 4-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationOptionsDecision | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident |