How to Draw a Fishbone Diagram with

A Fishbone (Ishikawa) diagram is also called cause-and-effect diagram. Fishbone diagram is often used in business to determine the cause of some problem. The diagram illustrates the main causes and sub-causes leading to an event. The main goal of the Fishbone diagram is to illustrate in a graphical way the relationship between a given outcome and all the factors that influence this outcome. The complete diagram resembles a fish skeleton as its name implies. The ability to create a Fishbone Diagram is supported by the Fishbone Diagram solution. The easiest way to draw a diagram is to edit a template.

1. Run ConceptDraw STORE, check the Fishbone Diagram solution
2. Select the "Fishbone Diagram" template from the list. The template file will be opened in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM
3. To change the length of a backbone line, click on it and drag the green handles.


4. Use the Action button menu to change diagram objects. To open the menu select an object and click the  button in the upper rig ht corner of the object.

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Result: Ishikawa Diagram is a team brainstorming tool used to identify potential root causes to problems.