I've spent the last few months developing a structured thinking methodology to deal with complex problems where everything seems important, but not everything actually is. The result is the Pareto Cube (Pareto³), an open-source architecture for clarity.
The core idea is to recursively apply the 80/20 principle to drill down to the actionable core of any issue (~0.8% of causes driving >50% of the impact) and then apply the "5 Whys" to find the true root cause.
This is v1.1, a stable and usable version, but it's just the beginning. I've also published a Development Roadmap that outlines the future of Pareto³, including the integration of concepts like the Gini Coefficient and Causal Loop Diagrams to make it even more robust.
I'm posting it here because I believe this community is the best in the world at stress-testing, critiquing, and improving such frameworks. All feedback is welcome and will be considered for future versions.
What complex problem would you apply this to first?
I've spent the last few months developing a structured thinking methodology to deal with complex problems where everything seems important, but not everything actually is. The result is the Pareto Cube (Pareto³), an open-source architecture for clarity.
The core idea is to recursively apply the 80/20 principle to drill down to the actionable core of any issue (~0.8% of causes driving >50% of the impact) and then apply the "5 Whys" to find the true root cause.
This is v1.1, a stable and usable version, but it's just the beginning. I've also published a Development Roadmap that outlines the future of Pareto³, including the integration of concepts like the Gini Coefficient and Causal Loop Diagrams to make it even more robust.
I'm posting it here because I believe this community is the best in the world at stress-testing, critiquing, and improving such frameworks. All feedback is welcome and will be considered for future versions.
What complex problem would you apply this to first?
GitHub (with all files & the Roadmap): https://github.com/adistan/pareto_cube
Zenodo (Permanent Archive & DOI): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16899115
Thank you for your time!