Cause & Effect

Use

Use the Cause & Effect diagram to explore the cause and effect relationships between objectives.

The Cause & Effect diagram shows the objective and its direct and indirect relationships of the objectives that impact the objective (causes) or the objectives that this objective impacts (effects).

Prerequisites

Your strategy administrator has set up the Cause & Effect diagram for this context.

Features

You can do the following in the Cause & Effect diagram:

  • Select the objective whose causes and effects you want to view.

    When you select the objective from the Select Focus dropdown list, you see the objectives that have a cause and effect on the objective.

  • Display the objectives that cause an impact on an objective by expanding the view on the left side of the objective.

    The causes represent the objectives that impact the selected objective, that is the objectives that cause an outcome for the objective. To see the objectives that indirectly impact the objective, continue to expand the view on the objectives.

  • Display the effect this objective has on other objectives by expanding the view on the right side of the objective.

    The effects represent the objectives that this objective impacts, that is the objectives that are affected by this objective. This objective impacts the outcome for the direct objectives and indirectly impacts the outcome for the indirect objectives.

  • Display information about an objective by clicking the arrow in the lower right corner of the node and choosing Show Details. You can display the details about an objective, including the responsible user, description, KPIs, and number of comments. You can display the Comments dialog box by clicking the number of comments. You can go to a KPI Detail page by clicking a KPI. You can also click an associated initiative to go to the Initiatives tab.

  • Display an objective's Details view in the Scorecard tab by clicking the arrow in the lower right corner of the node and choosing Analyze in Scorecard.

  • Focus on a different objective by clicking the arrow in the lower right corner of the node and choosing Focus. The Cause & Effect diagram now focuses on that objective. You can also change the focus by selecting a different objective from the Select Focus dropdown list.

Activities

To display the Cause & Effect diagram, select Cause & Effect in the Strategy tab.