fishbone diagram

noun
/ˈfɪʃbəʊn ˈdaɪəɡɹæm/UK/ˈfɪʃboʊn ˈdaɪəɡɹæm/US

Etymology

The shape of such diagrams is reminiscent of the skeleton of a fish.

Definitions

  1. An Ishikawa diagram.

    • Root Cause diagrams provide insight into reasons and solutions for process problems. Kaoru Ishikawa introduced another method of evaluating root causes in the 1960s, often nicknamed the “Fishbone diagram” because of its appearance.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fishbone diagram. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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