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| Criterion | ![]() Team Design Team Cognitive Load Assessment | ![]() Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis | ![]() Operations Fishbone Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team juggles too many domains, systems, or handoffs, it measures mental overload as an organizational problem. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a cognitive-load profile and action list. | 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 | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 2-6 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Cognitive Load Profile, Action List | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | TeamComplexityImprovementDiagnosis | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause | Root causeQualityOperations |
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