http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishikawa_diagram
BeGraphic lite is free!!! But you have to have some imagination and time
Note: BeGraphic Pro will get ready-made templates.
To build such an Ishikawa diagram (also known as cause-effect diagram or fishbone diagram), you just have to be smart:
1) Within Excel's automatic shapes (Excel ribbon : Insert/Illustration/Shapes), select "lines" to design your own Ishikawa diagram.
2) Within BeGraphic lite, add size and/or color to the lines of your custom Ishikawa diagram.
(Note: BeGraphic can do that with any kind of shape, picture, photo).
3) Also with BeGraphic, add gauges that can be
- circular or half-circular (inside BeGraphic ribbon, use the "gauge" button and tickmark "Enable advanced mode" to get more options)
- flat gauges (also called "bullet graphs") that are in-cell sparklines (in BeGraphic this thermometer-like graph can be found in the "sparkline" menu)
4) If you want data-driven resizable gauges (e.g.: Bigger gauge meaning stronger alert), you have to push away the gauges or in-cell sparklines far from the Ishikawa diagram and use the "Sub-Dashboard" function included in BeGraphic. This feature:
- makes a picture of a range of cells,
- puts it on top of another shape (e.g.: add a small circle at the right place / on one of the Ishikawa diagram's lines)
- it will resize it depending on the "scale" parameter (by using the third column of "sub-dash" parameters).
Note: if you use in-cell sparklines charts, it's easier to convert the sheet into a "graph paper".
To make cells becoming perfect squares:
- use our dedicated menu inside "BeGraphic options" ;
- if needed, merge several cells when you want a bigger sparkline