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.

Widely used tools like the 5 Whys, fishbone (Ishikawa) diagrams, and fault tree analysis help uncover these deeper layers of news.europawire.eu.

Root cause analysis helps isolate what happened, when, where, and why a problem occurred. This information, in turn, helps your company decide how to fix the problem.