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What an issue tree is.
An issue tree breaks one complex question into the smaller questions that must be answered to resolve it. Its branches should be mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive, often shortened to MECE.
The leaves are testable hypotheses or analyses, not solutions. Start with a precise root question, make the first split logically complete, then collect evidence to confirm or eliminate the branches.
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Who uses issue trees.
Business cases and market questions that need a shared structure before research begins.
Churn investigations that separate customer fit from the retention experience.
Delivery and service problems separated into stages with clear evidence to test.
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Common questions
What is an issue tree?
A hierarchical way to break a problem into the questions and analyses needed to answer it.
What does MECE mean?
Mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive: branches should not overlap and should cover the whole issue.
How is an issue tree different from a decision tree?
An issue tree organizes analysis of a problem. A decision tree maps rules or choices to outcomes.
What should be at an issue-tree leaf?
A specific hypothesis, metric, research question, or analysis that can be tested with evidence.
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