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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |  Operations Fault Tree Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work. | In critical processes, it is not enough to plan only for the normal case. Failure Scenario Analysis looks at the path into failure and shows which failures, chains, and control gaps cause the most damage. | 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. | For a critical top event with several possible triggers, the method logically models failure paths. It makes visible which combinations of conditions can lead to damage. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 1-3 h | 30-60 min | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 3-8 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog | Fault Tree, Critical Paths, Cause Hypotheses, Control Actions |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | FailureResilienceRisk | Root causeQualityOperations | RiskRoot causeSafety |