How to create your Fishbone (cause and effect) diagram
A Fishbone Diagram, also known as a Cause and Effect Diagram or Ishikawa Diagram, is a quality improvement tool used to identify, explore and organise the potential causes of a problem. This guide will walk you walk you through creating yours in Simana. Creating a Fishbone will help you understand the factors that are genuinely contributing to the problem before developing improvement ideas.
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Click to open your Fishbone diagram
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Clearly define the problem you are addressing and enter that into the Problem box
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Hover over each Category line to add your causes
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Type in your causes
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Repeat the creation of causes on each category until your diagram is completed