Tagged: tools

Root Cause Checklists

I confess to being a list-maker. I’ve published a few root cause analysis related lists in this weblog since it’s inception 18 months ago in...

Five-by-Five Whys

Search around on the web for Root Cause Analysis, and you’re likely going to find article after article discussing the Five Whys (or 5 Whys,...

Human Error

How many times have you read a news article about a major problem or incident, and seen Human Error in the headline? A quick search...

Why-Trees

One of the most widely-used root cause analysis tools is the why-tree, otherwise referred to as a cause tree, root cause tree, causal factor tree,...

Root Cause Tools

I’ve just posted (in June 2005) the first article in my (hopefully) continually evolving series on root cause analysis tools. This first article provides my...