Here is today's revised basic list of what it takes for a "root cause analysis" to be a good one. a.. It is clearly based on evidence. a.. It is plain English,...
Tim, Thanks ever so much for the detailed response. I'll put some comments in your text. Take care, Bill Corcoran W. R. Corcoran, Ph.D., P.E. Nuclear Safety...
Bill, Based on your "answers", shouldn't the question be: "What it takes for an RCA REPORT to be a good one?" Kim Williams ... From: Dr. Bill Corcoran...
Once we have a RCA finished, and we have written the report (RCR), what happens to it? At our location, the report is distributed to the Corrective Action ...
Sounds great - what is the format for posting it on the intranet site? ... At Yucca, all are posted on our intranet site - along with Lessons Learned. If an...
Helen, Good question. Not all employees read company intranet site info where I have worked. May be a better idea to publish lessons learned in a short hard...
Generally, they go up in PDF format. Sam ... From: Helen Ganley To: Root_Cause_State_of_the_Practice@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 7:05 PM ...
Are they accessible to outside stakeholders, e.g., me? Take care, Bill Corcoran W. R. Corcoran, Ph.D., P.E. Nuclear Safety Review Concepts 21 Broadleaf Circle ...
Jack and Tish, I support your suggestions. May I build on them? Comprehensive campaign of getting out the lessons to be learned would include all of the...
Bill, Generally, the YMP root cause reports don't get much distribution outside the project. (There are some exceptions; a few that have been submitted to...
I am looking for RCA tools to work on the root causes. There are 2 types of problems. Sporadic & chronics. For sporadic problems we can use RCA tool like...
Bill, My comments on the approaches you provided are woven to each as I see it. Jack and Tish, I support your suggestions. May I build on them? Comprehensive...
Taproot is good for generic problems - just a couple of people (with fundamental knowledge) can sit at the computer and come up with really good RCA in not too...
Helen, Kepner Tregoe was developed by Dr. Charles Kepner and Dr. Benjamin Tregoe in the 1950s after studying the methods of successful executives and managers...
Jim, May I respectfully offer two differing professional opinions? 1. You said, "However you normally end up doing further digging either using other means to...
Bill, Sorry for using the singular term Root Cause. You are right, normally there is more than one root cause. What I was trying to express is the team may use...
Agreed. Take care, Bill Corcoran W. R. Corcoran, Ph.D., P.E. Nuclear Safety Review Concepts 21 Broadleaf Circle Windsor, CT 06095-1634 860-285-8779 Mission:...
Check out the supertemplate in the files section of http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Root_Cause_State_of_the_Practice_II/ You and I should talk before you go much...
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Bill, There continues to be a lack of understanding (and I think KT doesn't do much to clarify it) when it comes to how the process is used for RCA. You're...
At my location, we assign the RCA to a responsible individual at the manager level. The manager convenes a team made up of a team leader (call this person the...
Terry, Thanks. In order to converge we would have to look at cases. OBTW: The testing of causes is a valuable part of RCA, but there can be defective tests...
Thanks, Michael. Sorry it took me so long to respond. Been busy working on a RCA and I have two more that I'm monitoring right now. Our approach is pretty...