{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/fan-possible-causes-out-before-narrowing-them",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0731",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Fan possible causes out before narrowing them",
  "summary": "Widen the causal search before selecting the story.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Put the observed effect at the head of a cause-and-effect diagram. Add a few context-appropriate branches such as process, information, tools, environment, interfaces and workload. Generate candidate causes under each branch, then mark which candidates have evidence, which need tests and which are already contradicted.",
  "limits": [
    "Fishbone diagrams organize hypotheses. They do not establish causal strength or exhaust all possible causes."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-learning-from-decisions-and-errors"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-C6EF83B5DEEEBAC3"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A cause-and-effect or fishbone diagram is a structured way to lay out suspected causes across categories before deeper analysis.",
      "source_id": "RS-C6EF83B5DEEEBAC3",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "The diagram generates hypotheses about causes; it does not verify them.",
      "locator": "Description, uses and steps"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "A team has one plausible explanation too early or the problem spans people, process, tools and environment."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Fishbone diagrams organize hypotheses. They do not establish causal strength or exhaust all possible causes."
  ],
  "example": "Repeated upload failures branch into file format, mapping rules, permissions, runtime capacity and operator sequence before testing each candidate.",
  "check": "The diagram contains competing candidate causes and an evidence status, not just a decorative list.",
  "steps": [
    "The diagram contains competing candidate causes and an evidence status, not just a decorative list."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-C6EF83B5DEEEBAC3",
      "title": "Cause-and-Effect Diagram",
      "url": "https://digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/cause-and-effect-diagram"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0731",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0730",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/follow-the-why-chain-until-the-cause-becomes-changeable"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-D475A7021FD981F0",
      "title": "Turn mistakes and outcomes into changes you can verify",
      "url": "/collections/turn-mistakes-and-outcomes-into-changes-you-can-verify"
    }
  ]
}