Fishbone diagrams, also known as Ishikawa diagrams or cause-and-effect diagrams, are one of the many problem-solving tools created by Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa, a University of Tokyo professor. Part of the brilliance of Ishikawa’s idea resides in the simplicity and practicality of the diagram’s basic model—a fish’s skeleton. This article describes how you can use Fishbone diagrams to organize reading content with this “bare bones” strategy.