Fishbone Diagram Explained with Example

In this video, we provide a fishbone diagram (aka Ishikawa diagram) tutorial.
In the video we'll cover:
- The key components of a fishbone.
- A fishbone diagram example.
- Advantages and Disadvantages.

Learn more by reading our companion article, which includes a downloadable fishbone diagram template:

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[Tupinamba]

Your presentations are excellent. I've been watching several of them to refresh or have a first contact with management concepts and models and really like what you have made available on youtube. Cheers!

[elizbaethboyd]

Thanks. Loved the narration and liked the simplicity of the explanation.

[Gracian]

I am preparing to take the PHR/SPHR exam. You did a fantastic job at explained the Fishbone Diagram. Thanks for sharing.

[clareoreilly]

Thank you for sharing your video. I have watched a few videos on using the Fishbone Diagram; yours is a favourite. Your explanations & use of language are clear, straightforward & unambiguous. I want to share this video in a workshop & one of the reasons I favour your video is that it is ideally suited to our target audience (a mix of skill levels & participants for whom English is a second language).

[moyeajinomisanghan]

Loved the way you executed this presentation. You are really good at this.

[alanmee]

very good, I had not used the technique in a while and need a good refresh which this provided

[DrRussell]

Really clear explanation, and highly valuable explanation of layering techniques; I hope you receive the success and rewards of which you are most deserving

[pyakuman]

Excellent video. Thank you for sharing this with the world!

[Summer-sunshine]

Great explanation, thanks for doing the video!

[denversvlog]

Thank you.. Clear and concise explanations to the point👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[anudeerana]

its really helpful to understand Fishbone deeply.

[themilesinkorea]

Taken note to use this technique! Thank you!

[violasalihi]

Thank you sooo much. It really helped in understanding why we use the fishbone diagram

[angelarenataspiro]

I'm new to the Fishbone diagram. From your explanation, I concluded that we could brainstorm using 5 whys all the possible causes then we continue by arranging the causes as the major categories' branches. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[christopherfilippou]

Thank you! Very useful and great explanation!

[LearningToCodeAndDesign]

Super helpful. A little recommendation, when you talk about the 5Ms or 4s, it might help to list the, in the pinned comment or put the list on screen on the video.

[thembelihlesigweje]

Enjoyed it🙏Engineering students stand up

[SparkleinSac]

This would have been more clear on Step 3 had you listed under System, "Ran out of Memory" as you proceeded to do your 5 Whys.

[DrRussell]

For complete novices like me, I wonder if it is useful to walk through the process in optimal/suggested sequence? I find free-form brainstorming/mind mapping far faster prior to categorising, whereas when trying to think of ideas and categorise simultaneously, the rate and depth of insights tends to diminish?

[Sawdust]

Very good video and very helpful thank you