Finding the Root Cause The cause-and-effect diagram is a useful tool due to its simplicity. You aren’t sitting down to create some detail-oriented visualization of your current issue.

To put it succinctly, yes, a cause-and-effect diagram is just an Ishikawa or Fishbone Diagram. You’ll know this tool if you have any familiarity with the 7 QC tools found in Six Sigma.

FISHBONE DIAGRAM AN EASY TO USE TOOL FOR CONDUCTING A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS What it is: The fishbone diagram is a tool to organize ideas and theories about what causes a problem or an event. How it ...