Write a counted, dated problem at the head of the fish, choose categories that fit it, and add possible causes with the people who do the work. Then mark every cause as not checked, confirmed or ruled out, and record the check behind each status in an evidence worksheet.
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Teams fill fishbone categories with guesses and treat the finished diagram as an answer.
Build a fishbone diagram that separates possible causes from checked evidence.
A counted, dated problem statement gives every check a list to work from. Categories are prompts, so rename them to fit the problem. A cause on the diagram is a possible cause until someone checks it. Ruled-out causes stay visible, with the check that ruled them out.
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Record the steps, expected result, actual result and how often it happens. · Keep guesses on their own line until someone shows them. · Set a review date for any report you cannot reproduce.
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Write the reader task, supplied facts, diagram format, constraints and review question before you prompt. · Ask for any step you did not supply to be labelled as an assumption. · Trace each shape in the draft back to a supplied fact.
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Write the decision as a question with a choice, and name one approver and a date. · Give each piece of evidence a line saying what it can't show. · Keep open questions visible, each with an owner.
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Write each end as what is true when the process stops. · Draw the usual route first and name who does each step. · Write each decision as a yes or no question and label every exit.
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Write a focus question, not a topic. · List the concepts in a parking lot, most general first. · Put a verb on every link and check each arrow points the right way.
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Write down who reads the chart and what they need to find. · List every post and the one post it reports to. · Check every box except the top one has exactly one solid line up.
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