CAUSE-AND-EFFECT GRAPH
Analyzing today’s business problems and distinguishing between causes and symptoms can prove virtually impossible. You have to sift through hundreds, even thousands, of pieces of information. Once you think you know the cause of the problem, you apply the treatment but discover that you’ve treated the symptom. So, you repeat this process until you’ve addressed the right cause.
Fortunately, a way exists to identify the causes of a problem that avoids repeating the process described above. It’s called a cause-and-effect graph.
A cause-and-effect graph is a visual tool that reflects the interrelationships between causes and effects. You can then test each cause and effect to determine if a relationship exists.
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