The fishbone diagram organises the possible causes of a problem into categories (often the 6Ms) so a team can explore causes systematically before fixing. This is the Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram from the Stratenity Library, a governed consulting deliverable that is already built for you. It gives your team the full working method for fishbone diagram, and it walks through everything from defining the effect precisely to prioritising the candidate causes. Every asset ships with a worked client example, a clear RACI, defined KPIs, and governance you can defend, so your team adapts it to a live client engagement instead of starting from a blank page.
What this asset covers
This is a preview of the full deliverable. Inside the Stratenity Library, this asset walks a consultant through the complete method, section by section, with a worked client example threaded throughout.
- Why Structure the Search for Causes
- The Cause-and-Effect Diagram in Overview
- Defining the Effect Precisely
- The 6M Categories: Man, Machine, Method, Material, Measurement, Mother Nature
- Brainstorming Causes onto the Bones
- Drilling with Why Inside Each Bone
- Prioritising the Candidate Causes
- Verifying Causes with Data
- Fishbone in Service and Administrative Processes
- Combining Fishbone with Pareto and 5 Whys
- Facilitating the Session
- From Diagram to Countermeasures
- Common Pitfalls and the Deliverable Pack
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