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Criterion
Paper timeline with three dates, parallel lanes for work, signals and decisions, and labeled links.
Facilitation
Timeline
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
Operations
Fishbone Diagram
Purposedifferent
When a project, incident, or change process is only remembered in fragments, Timeline brings the sequence back into a readable form. It makes turning points, precursors, and after-effects recognizable over the course of time.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 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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min60-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-124-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Timeline, Milestones, Insight NotesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentFishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog
Tagsno overlap
TimelineFacilitationSequence
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
Root causeQualityOperations
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Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
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