Fishbone diagram

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf mermaid
Quality management tool
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Ishikawa_diagram
Cause-and-effect diagram
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:insurance
Manufacturing
Project management
Service industries
gptkbp:benefit Encourages group participation
Facilitates root cause analysis
Highlights relationships between causes
Organizes ideas visually
gptkbp:category Technical Machine
Man
Material
Method
Measurement
Environment
gptkbp:categoryCount Typically 4 to 6 main categories
gptkbp:causePosition Bones of the fish
gptkbp:component Branches
Effect
Causes
Sub-causes
gptkbp:effectPosition Head of the fish
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fishbone diagram
gptkbp:introducedIn 1960s
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Kaoru_Ishikawa
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin Japanese
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Kaoru_Ishikawa
gptkbp:partOf Seven basic tools of quality
gptkbp:purpose Identify, explore, and display possible causes of a specific problem
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:5_Whys
gptkb:Pareto_chart
Root cause analysis
gptkbp:shape Fish skeleton
gptkbp:supports Brainstorming potential causes
Organizing causes into categories
gptkbp:usedBy Healthcare professionals
Project managers
Manufacturing teams
Process analysts
Quality engineers
Service industry professionals
gptkbp:usedFor Identifying root causes of problems
gptkbp:usedIn Quality control
Root cause analysis
Process improvement
gptkbp:visualizes Fish skeleton
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Five_Ms
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8