To Help Categorize/Prioritize: Fishbone Diagram The fishbone diagram is very similar to the mind mapping technique. The difference is that the fishbone diagram is best used when a focuses on identifying possible causes of a problem/issue. It is a visual way to identify the components of an issue or problem. Tools Needed: In advance, tape large sheets of paper to a large wall. Easel paper or rolls of newsprint should cover a 6-by-10-foot section of the wall. First, draw a rectangle (or any shape) on the right edge (and in the center from top to bottom) of a large sheet of paper. In that shape, write the name of the problem or issue. Then draw a straight line to the left. Next, place angled lines up from the straight line. These will represent bones similar to the backbone of a fish. On each of the lines, write a cause of the problem. Then you can write more specific details about causes on that particular bone of the spine. The entire diagram looks like a skeleton of a fish (see below). Reference: To Poll a Group: Fist to Five
To Help Categorize/Prioritize: Fishbone Diagram The fishbone diagram is very similar to the mind mapping technique. The difference is that the fishbone diagram is best used when a focuses on identifying possible causes of a problem/issue. It is a visual way to identify the components of an issue or problem. Tools Needed: In advance, tape large sheets of paper to a large wall. Easel paper or rolls of newsprint should cover a 6-by-10-foot section of the wall. First, draw a rectangle (or any shape) on the right edge (and in the center from top to bottom) of a large sheet of paper. In that shape, write the name of the problem or issue. Then draw a straight line to the left. Next, place angled lines up from the straight line. These will represent bones similar to the backbone of a fish. On each of the lines, write a cause of the problem. Then you can write more specific details about causes on that particular bone of the spine. The entire diagram looks like a skeleton of a fish (see below). Reference: To Poll a Group: Fist to Five