Ishikawa diagram

English 2009 February 17 thumb|250px|An Ishikawa diagram Etymology Named after Kaoru Ishikawa, who first developed such diagrams as a management tool. Pronunciation en /ˌɪ.ʃɪˈkɑ.wɑ ˈdaɪ.ə.ɡɹæm/ UK en /ˌɪ.ʃiˈkɑ.wɑ ˈdaɪ.ə.ɡɹæm/ US en en-us-Ishikawa diagram.ogg US en en-au-Ishikawa diagram.ogg AU Noun A diagram used in quality management to display a detailed list of causes and effects of a problem and thus to decipher the root cause of a problem. en 2000 Donald E. Lighter; Douglas C. Fair Principles and Methods of Quality Management in Health Care 59 The procedure for constructing an Ishikawa diagram relies on brainstorming for stimulating the QI team to think of reasons for the problem. en 2001 Judy Hankins Infusion Therapy in Clinical Practice 42 The Ishikawa diagram is used extensively in what is termed root cause analysis, meaning the development of hypotheses of why an event occurred. Synonyms en fishbone diagram Translations display of causes and effects Czech: cs diagram rybí kosti m Finnish: fi kalanruotokaavio Galician: gl diagrama en espiña Polish: pl diagram Ishikawy m-in Russian: ru диагра́мма причинно-следственных связей f Swedish: sv fiskbensdiagram n, sv Ishikawadiagram n, sv orsak-verkan-diagram n References Summers, donna C.S. (2005) Quality management-creating and sustaining Organizational Effectiveness. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Person/prentice hall. en eponyms en Visualization