More Than One Root Cause

Abstract

Carl and Fred discussing the subject of root cause. How many “root causes” can there be? Is there only one “root cause” for a problem? What about events or conditions that happen in tandem?

Key Points

Join Carl and Fred as they discuss how many events or conditions can contribute to problems, and whether there can be more than one “root cause.”

Topics include:

• Independent vs tandem causes


• Sequential vs parallel events


• Technical vs business processes


• Digging deeper to get to root cause; five whys


• Business FMEA


• What about interfaces?

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Show Notes

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