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Glossary: Herringbone diagram

What is a herringbone diagram?

The fishbone diagram (or herringbone diagram) is also known as a cause-and-effect diagram or Ishikawa diagram. It visually represents a problem-solving process in which the primary causes of a problem are sought. The resulting diagram is one of the so-called “seven quality tools”.

All causes of the problem should be identified and their dependencies shown. A tree structure (Fault Tree Analysis) or table structure ( Cause and Effect Matrix) is often used as a presentation method.

Further useful information

Q7 – die 7 elementaren Qualitätswerkzeuge.

 

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