Brainstorming & Searching for Root Causes

Lean Six Sigma Process
this assignment will use "Facilitation Techniques":
1. Brainstorming
2. Cause & Effect/Fishbone Diagram
3. 5-Whys/Why-Why Diagram
1. Conduct a Brainstorming session to generate ideas (100+) on, How to solve the growing debt problem in the US government? Follow this with an affinitization session to create 6-10 categories of potential solutions.

2. Using Fishbone analysis, identify a problem, formulate a problem statement and populate a fishbone with abundant potential root causes. (40+) Come to agreement on 3-5 most probable root causes.

3. Using the problem statement from #2 or a new problem execute the 5 €“Why process. Illustrate drilling to sufficient depth that the ultimate root cause is obvious and no further drilling would be beneficial.

4. Comment on the experience with each of the 3 techniques.