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These diagrams can be downloaded and edited. It is often easier to modify an
existing diagram than to draw a new one.
If you don't have RFFlow installed already, download
the free trial version. Then you can open the samples on this page
directly in RFFlow by clicking on the .flo file links below. From there you
can zoom in, edit, and print the sample chart.
Many of the shapes used on this page are in the Cause-Effect (Fishbone)
Diagrams stencil. To open this stencil, click the More Shapes button  ,
Cause-Effect (Fishbone), and Add Stencil.
Cause-effect diagrams are also called Ishikawa diagrams after their
creator, Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa. These diagrams are used in identifying and
organizing the possible causes of a problem. They are sometimes referred
to as fishbone diagrams because they resemble the skeleton of a fish, with
a head, spine, and bones.
The problem you are investigating is placed in a box on the right side of the
fishbone diagram.
The spine is the large arrow going horizontally from left to right and
pointing to the problem or Effect box on the right.
The lines diagonally pointing to the spine are the main categories of
potential causes of the problem. The smaller lines are more detailed causes of
the problem
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