Cognitive Scaffold

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MENTAL MODEL · M0347

Ishikawa Diagram / Fishbone

Ishikawa Diagram / Fishbone
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-28

CORE DEFINITION

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SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

psychology

Reduce cognitive load

English translation pending.

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Anchor fast decisions

Structure the outcome (fish head) and causes (fish bones) along several dimensions (5M1E: Man, Machine, Material, Method, Environment, Measurement) to systematically enumerate possible causes, forcing the team to move beyond single-line attribution and comprehensively scan for root causes.

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