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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
Operations
Fishbone Diagram
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.With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.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
Ongoing45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-202-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesFishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog
Tags1 shared
SignalsOperationsVisual management
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
Root causeQualityOperations
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Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
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