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Postmortem (5-whys)

Symptom → 5 nested 'why?' questions → root cause → action items.

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    { "id":"w2","type":"diamond","label":"Why?","x":600,"y":25,"fill":"#fef3c7","stroke":"#a16207" },
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    { "id":"w3","type":"diamond","label":"Why?","x":980,"y":25,"fill":"#fef3c7","stroke":"#a16207" },
    { "id":"c3","type":"rect","label":"Cause 3","x":1180,"y":40,"fill":"#fed7aa","stroke":"#c2410c" },
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    { "id":"a2","type":"rounded","label":"Action 2","x":700,"y":360,"fill":"#dcfce7","stroke":"#15803d" },
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    { "id":"e4","source":"w2","target":"c2" },
    { "id":"e5","source":"c2","target":"w3" },
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