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Quickly Identify And Visualize Causes With The Fishbone Diagram
The Fishbone diagram, also known as the Cause and Effect or Ishikawa diagram is a quality management tool that allows you to quickly identify, visualize, and organize “causes” or “problems” that can lead to an effect. The diagram was developed by Kaoru Ishikawa and first presented in 1945 as a tool for analyzing the causes…
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Organize Ideas Better With The Affinity Diagram
The Affinity diagram (also known as affinity mapping or the K-J Method) was created in 1960 by Japanese anthropologist Jiro Kawakita and although it may seem simplistic, don’t let that convince you that it’s also not incredibly useful. The diagram is useful whenever one is confronted with a large amount of data and/or ideas (like…