Happy New Year. I am looking for an example/template Why Staircase Tree (or Logic Tree or equivalent) in an Excel Spreadsheet file. The advantage of Excel...
Happy New Year. Please scroll down for today's update. Take care, Bill Corcoran W. R. Corcoran, Ph.D., P.E. Nuclear Safety Review Concepts 21 Broadleaf Circle ...
I like the way the example couches it in a different light depending on which one is used - invariably, if the 'cause' is not wearing hardhats, then a training...
There is no limit to the number of negative factors that can be legitimately called a cause of any event. The whole idea of negative causes can boggle the...
Bill C., 1 - Is your point that analysts ought to look for positive causes only, or at both positive and negative causes? 2 - If both, is your point that...
1. Look for all the causes. 2. When the positive causes are obvious, don't miss the negative ones. 3. When the negative causes are obvious, don't miss the...
That's great. I now disagree with my own definition. I now think that: A cause is anything that makes an effect occur or increases its magnitude. A root cause...
Ali, I have embedded answers below. Take care, Bill Corcoran W. R. Corcoran, Ph.D., P.E. Nuclear Safety Review Concepts 21 Broadleaf Circle Windsor, CT...
Dear All, This is an article from The Health and Safety Net in the UK. I thought it may be of some interest. ... A High Court Judge, Mr Justice Morland, has...
Can someone provide me with a link to the most applicable NRC inspection guidance on root cause analysis? Thanks ever so much. Take care, Bill Corcoran W. R....
Bill, Check the following link. http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/insp-manual/inspection-procedure/index.html Look for Inspection Procedure 95002,...
Bill C., There are several inspection procedures that address RCA. IP 40500 - Effectiveness of Licensee Process to Identify, Resolve, and Prevent Problems ...
Would you be so kind as to send me web links to your favorite "Conduct of Operations" documents? I'm looking for a detailed set of expectations on how business...
Check the writings of Dr. John Carroll, Professor of Management at MIT's Sloan School of Management, and his colleagues. Specifically, John and three...
Larry, Thanks ever so much. Dr. Carroll is a friend, former colleague, and former client. B/r, Bill ... MIT's ... John and ... Carroll, ... considerations. I ...
Glad to be of assistance. Your not being well-acquainted with John would have been a surprise. I feel quite fortunate to be friends of and associated in some...
This is a discussion of how the word cause is used in modern English by ordinary people. The word "cause" has no meaning except with respect to an effect. A...
Bill C., OK - I think I can step up to the "ordinary" plate <grin>. Here's my take on this: - Effects are due to causes (or causes produce effects). - More...
Welcome Iain, We are now talking about causes. Please go to the messages section and look at the last few to get on board. Best regards, Bill Corcoran ...
Terry, Thanks ever so much. Some of us think that it is important to consider some causes as bad and some as good. For example, I investigated a $30million...
Terry, Here is my second reply. In the first message of this thread we used the term "mitigating factor" to describe something that kept a bad effect from...
Terry, This is my third post on this topic. We use the term "negating factor" to mean something that keeps a mitigating factor from being more effective. ...
Bill, I guess I'd rephrase it to say that people felt the need to act on the causes associated with the bad effect ($30 million loss) and not on the good ...
Bill, If it helps to categorize these factors as mitigating or negating, that's fine. I don't have difficulty with the terms and how they are used. In the...
Hi All, I hope that you all enjoyed the holiday period and are starting off the new year in a successful manner. This latest article comes from the website of...
On behalf of all 237 members I would like to welcome the dozen or so members who have joined this year so far. Many members have expressed the idea that the...
From: Dr. Bill Corcoran To: rootcauseconference@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 8:04 AM Subject: Re: [rootcauseconference] Help on Critical...
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