• Constraint Identification ⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000784
  **Origin.** Goldratt; the five focusing steps.
• Cynefin Framework ⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000720
  **Origin.** Dave Snowden at IBM (1999); developed at Cognitive Edge.
• Fault Tree Analysis ⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000736
  **Origin.** Bell Labs (1962) for Minuteman missile system; widely adopted in nuclear, aerospace, and chemical industries.
• FMEA ⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000616
  **Origin.** US military procedure MIL-P-1629 (1949); adopted in aerospace and automotive.
• Force Field Analysis ⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000744
  **Origin.** Kurt Lewin (1943).
• Gap Analysis ⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000680
  **Origin.** Strategic-planning practice; the SERVQUAL gaps model in services.
• Is Is-Not Analysis ⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000728
  **Origin.** Kepner-Tregoe problem analysis (1965).
• Pareto Analysis ⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000704
  **Origin.** Pareto's income distribution (1896); named as a quality principle by Juran.
• Problem Statement Refinement ⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000808
  **Origin.** TRIZ problem formulation; Dorst's frame creation; 'How Might We' from IDEO.
• Systems Thinking ⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000712
  **Origin.** Forrester's system dynamics; Meadows; Ashby's cybernetics.
• Theory of Constraints ⤓ .md 2026-07-13T062546.818 000000000000752
  **Origin.** Eliyahu Goldratt; the five focusing steps.