My name is Sabit SÖNMEZ and I am an information technology teacher and I teach on databases-coding at vocational high school.

I heard about this technique at first at university while having education about programming and coding training. But I did not realise it as an important technique and thought just a basic method to define any problems with taking account with sub-components.

The logic process is important about computer and databases. While programming and teaching codes, we have to follow logic steps. It is important for us to define problem. While defining problems we have to care about and take into account all components. It is a beautiful and impressive technique that we use constantly with students to identify problems and sub problems. I did not have any problems in implementing it and I can tell after few weeks my students begin to use this technique while programming a new code at computer. I tell them about the main subject and they begin to use a fishbone diagram to create sub components,  possible errors and possibilities. That is so creative and what we would like to see during lectures. At the end of the lectures I usually ask to students their fishbone diagram, I would like to see their creativity and at the end expect them to reach and show all components done successfully shown at fishbone diagram. If any students have more components shown in fishbone diagram and after programming reached and solved all or most of them, than that students will get high marks.

One of my student planned the coding but did not use fishbone diagram and missed one of sub components. Then he told me if he noticed anyway and use fishbone then it will be more easy and probably he won’t miss it.

If the lecture, problem or main subject that you teach has many sub components and you want to take into account them then this technique will be so useful for you.