Today was interesting. We learnt about the fish bone diagram or Ishikawa diagram. It is the cause and effect diagram whereby the small issues are branching out from one main topic being discussed. Fish bone diagram is another useful tool to analyse any given situation besides the SWOT analysis. Cases when fish bone diagram can be used is when identifying possible causes for a problem or when a team’s thinking is not flowing.

This is a fish bone: HAHAHA

Here are examples of fish bone diagrams: