Ishikawa diagram
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It is catalogued under topics including Causal diagrams, Eponymous diagrams and Eponyms in economics.
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- Ishikawa Fishbone Diagram.svg
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- Ishikawa diagrams
- discoverer or inventor
- Kaoru Ishikawa
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Encyclopedic overview
An Ishikawa diagram Ishikawa diagrams (also called fishbone diagrams, herringbone diagrams, cause-and-effect diagrams) are causal diagrams created by Kaoru Ishikawa that show the potential causes of a specific event.
Common uses of the Ishikawa diagram are product design and quality defect prevention to identify potential factors causing an overall effect. Each cause or reason for imperfection is a source of variation. Causes are usually grouped into major categories to identify and classify these sources of variation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ishikawa diagram” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.