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    Fishbone Instructions

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    A fishbone diagram is a tool used to analyze problems and identify potential causes. It displays the relationship between a central problem or effect and contributing factors in a graphical format resembling a fish skeleton. Key steps in creating a fishbone diagram include identifying the central problem, categorizing potential cause types, and then brainstorming and mapping specific causes and sub-causes within each category. Standard categories include Materials, Methods, Equipment, Environment, and People. The diagram helps teams systematically explore all possible root causes of an effect or problem in order to determine where improvements can be made.

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    A fishbone diagram is a tool used to analyze problems and identify potential causes. It displays the relationship between a central problem or effect and contributing factors in a graphical format resembling a fish skeleton. Key steps in creating a fishbone diagram include identifying the central problem, categorizing potential cause types, and then brainstorming and mapping specific causes and sub-causes within each category. Standard categories include Materials, Methods, Equipment, Environment, and People. The diagram helps teams systematically explore all possible root causes of an effect or problem in order to determine where improvements can be made.

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    A fishbone diagram is a tool used to analyze problems and identify potential causes. It displays the relationship between a central problem or effect and contributing factors in a graphical format resembling a fish skeleton. Key steps in creating a fishbone diagram include identifying the central problem, categorizing potential cause types, and then brainstorming and mapping specific causes and sub-causes within each category. Standard categories include Materials, Methods, Equipment, Environment, and People. The diagram helps teams systematically explore all possible root causes of an effect or problem in order to determine where improvements can be made.

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    Elijah John
    A fishbone diagram is a tool used to analyze problems and identify potential causes. It displays the relationship between a central problem or effect and contributing factors in a graphical format resembling a fish skeleton. Key steps in creating a fishbone diagram include identifying the central problem, categorizing potential cause types, and then brainstorming and mapping specific causes and sub-causes within each category. Standard categories include Materials, Methods, Equipment, Environment, and People. The diagram helps teams systematically explore all possible root causes of an effect or problem in order to determine where improvements can be made.

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    W
    hat is a fishbone diagram?
    A fishbone diagram helps determine the many causes contributing to a certain effect or problem. It resembles the bone of a fish, and graphically
    displays the relationship of the causes to the effect and to each other, helping to identify the area/s for improvement.

    A fishbone diagram is also known as an Ishikawa diagram (named after its creator), or a cause-and-effect diagram. The causes are listed and
    grouped under categories: Materials, Methods, Equipment, Environment and People.

    Steps

    1. Write the problem statement (effect) you wish to examine in a box on the right-hand side of the page.

    2. Draw a horizontal line across the page to the left, starting at the box you just drew.

    3. Brainstorm and decide on the major categories of causes for the effect. The standard categories in a classic cause and effect diagram are
    Materials, Methods, Equipment, Environment, and People.

    4. Draw diagonal lines above and below the horizontal line to create “fishbones,” and label each line at the end with one of the categories you
    have chosen. Draw a box around each label.

    5. Brainstorm all the possible causes of the problem. Ask "Why does this happen?" As each idea is given, list the causes by drawing “branch
    bones” from the appropriate category.
     Causes can be written in several places if they relate to several categories.

    6. As necessary, draw additional branch bones from the causes to show sub-causes.
     Tip: Develop the causes by asking “Why?” until you have reached a useful level of detail, that is, when the cause is specific enough to be
    able to test a change and measure its effects.

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    FISHBONE DIAGRAM TEMPLATE

    People Environment

    Cause 1 Cause 1

    Cause 2 Cause 2

    Cause 3 Cause 3

    Effect

    Cause 1 Cause 1 Cause 1

    Cause 2 Cause 2 Cause 2

    Cause 3 Cause 3 Cause 3

    Materials Methods Equipment

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