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Criterion
Six paper cards show a person moving from a problem through a service flow to a completed outcome.
UX Design
Storyboarding
A 5 Whys working surface connects an observable problem with evidenced causes, marked uncertainty and concrete countermeasures with ownership.
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5 Whys
Purposedifferent
When a usage scenario needs to become understandable early, it condenses situations, context, and flow into a legible sequence. It helps check concept ideas before anything gets built.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
MediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
1-82-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsRoot cause notes, Countermeasures
Tagsno overlap
VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving
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Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
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Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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8D Problem Solving
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Barrier Analysis