Using Fishbone Diagrams for Problem Solving

Problems are obstacles and challenges that one should overcome to reach the goal. They are an inseparable part of any business, and the success of an enterprise often depends on ability to solve all problems effectively. The process of problem solving often uses rational approach, helping to find a suitable solution.
Using Fishbone Diagrams for Problem Solving is a productive and illustrative tool to identify the most important factors causing the trouble. ConceptDraw PRO extended with Fishbone Diagrams solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park is a powerful tool for problem solving with Fishbone Ishikawa diagram graphic method.

Fishbone Diagram Problem Solving

The Ishikawa diagram, Cause and Effect diagram, Fishbone diagram — all they are the names of one and the same visual method for working with causal connections. Originally invented by Kaoru Ishikawa to control the process quality, the Ishikawa diagram is well proven in other fields of management and personal scheduling, events planning, time management. It is a chart in the form of a fish, whose head is a problem, the fins are variants for its causes.
To design easily the Fishbone diagram, you can use a special ConceptDraw PRO vector graphic and diagramming software which contains the powerful tools for Fishbone diagram problem solving offered by Fishbone Diagrams solution for the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Total Quality Management Value

The Total Quality Management Diagram solution helps you and your organization visualize business and industrial processes. Create Total Quality Management diagrams for business process with ConceptDraw software.

Cause and Effect Diagrams

Cause and Effect Diagrams are designed to identify the potential factors that cause an overall effect. The causes are grouped into the categories, each cause is a source of variation.
ConceptDraw PRO powerful diagramming and vector drawing software provides the Fishbone Diagrams solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park that allows to design the Cause and Effect Diagrams quick, easy and effective.

Product Overview

ConceptDraw PROJECT is a vigorous tool for managing single or multiple projects. It lets you determine all essential elements involved into project, control schedules, resources and finances, and monitor projects' progress in most effective yet simple manner.

Flowchart Software

Flowchart is widely used in business, education and economic presentations to help the audience visualize the content better, or to find flaws in a process flow diagrams. Flowcharts are particularly useful for displaying how a process currently flow or could ideally function. Flowcharts can help you see whether the steps of a process are logical, uncover problems or miscommunications, define the boundaries of a process, and develop a common base of knowledge about a process.

ConceptDraw PRO flowchart software will help to quickly create new flowcharts, workflow, NS Diagram, BPMN Diagram, Cross-functional flowcharts, data flow diagrams and highlight flowcharts.

Feature-rich flowchart maker, free thousand flowchart examples and templates and colored symbols that will allow you to create professional looking flowcharts simply.

ConceptDraw PRO supports macOS and Windows.

Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) with ConceptDraw PRO

Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) serves for detailed description of structures and databases. An ERD represents a diagram made up mainly of rectangular blocks (for entities, or data) linked with relationships. The links between the blocks describe relations between these entities. There are three types of relationships: one-to-one,
one-to-many, many-to-many.
Draw Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERD) easily with ConceptDraw extended with Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) Solution from the Software Development Area. Use ERD software to create ER diagram.

In searching of alternative to MS Visio for MAC and PC with ConceptDraw PRO

Many of us are acquainted with such a software product as MS Visio, which beyond any doubt, is a powerful and multifunctional tool. However, there may occur instances when this program turns incapable of meeting certain users' requirements; and then, the most optimum solution is quite difficult to find. But there is always an alternative. ConceptDraw PRO from CS Odessa Corporation has been developed to satisfy all your needs as an alternative product to Visio.

Visio for mac — ConceptDraw as an alternative to MS Visio. ConceptDraw has been developed to satisfy all your needs as a fully-functioned alternative product to MS Visio for Mac.

Sales KPI Dashboards

A combination of sales KPI on a one dashboard helps you track sales activities and results. Visualizing sales data using ConceptDraw PRO software extended with the Sales Dashboard solutiongives you flexibility in choosing and tuning KPIs.

Example of Organizational Chart

Example of Organizational Chart - Lots of organization chart examples created by ConceptDraw Organizational Chart Software. Include company organizational chart, hospital organizational chart, hotel Organizational chart, corporate organizational chart samples etc

Process Flowchart

ConceptDraw is Professional business process mapping software for making process flow diagram, workflow diagram, general flowcharts and technical illustrations for business documents. It is includes rich examples, templates, process flowchart symbols. ConceptDraw flowchart maker allows you to easier create a process flowchart. Use a variety of drawing tools, smart connectors, flowchart symbols and shape libraries to create flowcharts of complex processes, process flow diagrams, procedures and information exchange.