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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Strategy Map |  Operations Root Cause Analysis |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h workshop plus review | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect Hypotheses | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident |
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