To put it succinctly, yes, a cause-and-effect diagram is just an Ishikawa or Fishbone Diagram. You’ll know this tool if you have any familiarity with the 7 QC tools found in Six Sigma.
Thankfully, there are 7 quality control tools to get your project rolling without a hitch. So, let’s review the 7 QC tools ... diagrams are used to drill down to find the root cause of a problem.