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Paper illustration for Troika Consulting.
Facilitation
Troika Consulting
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Root Cause Analysis
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Causal Factor Analysis
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When someone needs to sort out a concrete work problem, Troika Consulting offers fast peer consulting with a tight focus. The method brings perspectives together without taking responsibility out of the person's hands.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.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.
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30-45 min1-4 h2-6 h
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3-303-83-10
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WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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Advice Notes, Next Actions, Peer InsightsProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action PlanEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions
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FacilitationCoachingLearning
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
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Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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Root Cause Tree Analysis
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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