Fishbone Diagram

  • aka Ishikawa diagram or cause-and-effect diagram
  • Developed by Japanese organizational theorist Kaoru Ishikawa in the 1960s to measure quality control processes in the shipbuilding industry.
  • Analyze what is the root cause of a problem
  • 5 major contributors to variation
    • People
    • Machines
    • Materials
    • Methods
    • Mother nature (environment)