Causal Factor
A causal factor is a condition or action that did (or can) affect an entity by causing, contributing, influencing, or permitting a change to that...
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Causal Factor Tree Analysis
Description Causal factor tree analysis is a Root Cause Analysis technique used to record and display, in a logical, tree-structured hierarchy, all the actions and...
Top 5 Reasons for Failed Root Cause Analysis
Root cause analysis is one of the best ways to solve difficult or significant problems, but sometimes, root cause analysis efforts fail because the corrective actions weren’t...
Root Cause Analysis of Microsoft Azure Service Interruption
Microsoft recently experienced a significant interruption of their Azure cloud service. Since a decent amount of data was available for this incident, I decided to...
RCA Article Guide
There’s a large number of root cause analysis articles on this site. If you’re already a cause analysis pro, then you can probably just pick...
Evaluating the Quality of a Root Cause Analysis
The quality of a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and its Corrective Action Plan (CAP) should be evaluated many times over its lifecycle (i.e., from initial problem or...
Recent Changes
Recent changes to this Root Cause Analysis wiki are logged below. 2014-10-04 :: topic pages Barrier and Root Cause created 2014-10-02 :: topic pages Event...
Problem
In the practice of Root Cause Analysis, a problem is a state that occurs when there is an apparently uncorrectable mismatch between what exists...
Necessary and Sufficient
Causes and Causal Factors can usually be characterized as having two distinct but related qualities, termed Necessary and Sufficient. Necessary: If x is required...
RCA Wiki
This page is the root for the new Root Cause Analysis wiki. Only the topic pages listed below have been completed. As more pages...