What attributes should corrective actions have? What will you management settle for? SMART and SMARTER can be acronyms for a variety of attributes of...
Good catch! I'll add it. What else? Take care, Bill Corcoran Mission: Saving lives, pain, assets, and careers through thoughtful inquiry. Motto: If you want...
Bill Salot, Thanks for the work list. If you visit the Rooticians' Dictionary at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Root_Cause_State_of_the_Practice/database you...
I have been out of the loop on this Project Management list for some time. But, as I was parsing this email to determine whether to keep up with the list...
Don't know how to fit it in the acronym, but, "does not become a cause or exacerbate a future event". glen -desk-806-477-4953 -pager-806-345-9196 ... Good...
I use "Apparent Cause" as a binning devise for causes. It gives a quick and somewhat consistent grouping of causes to diverse operations. I assign the...
Root cause: A mythical representation to fool folks into thinking that any of us are not just confused at a higher level about more important things -smile- ...
Glen, Thanks ever so much for your postings. 1.. I'm still not sure how you use Apparent Cause Analysis, but I have beefed up the definition a little in the...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the Root_Cause_State_of_the_Practice group: Choose the ones you agree with. Notice that 1 and 2 are...
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Please respond with your T/F evaluation of the following propositions and, if you feel moved to do so, say how you decided on your answers. 1.. You don't need...
Bill, You’ve talked about a false dichotomy...what’s the opposite of that...a true dichotomy. We got the most concentration and interconnect processing...
Bill C., You said, "I'm still not sure how you use Apparent Cause Analysis". In the latest issue of his "Root Cause Network Newsletter" (March 2006), Mark...
Bill Salot, I must confess to not being a big supporter of "Apparent Cause Analysis" the way I understand it. However, it should get "due process" before it is...
Colleagues, I am in need of about six root cause analysis reports for case studies. They need to be: 1.. Generally of good quality. 2.. Publicly available or...
To all contributors of this list. Can you assist me? I would like to enlist your help in validating a "current reality tree" (TOC terminology). The original...
What’s surprising to me...but it’s not really...is why aren’t you looking at this as a sector dysfunction. When do you see the wreckage and dead people...
You don't need to know how to do root cause analysis to be able to evaluate a root cause analysis report. T/F FDepends on the quality of the evaluation...
1) Apparent Cause "Analysis" is a misnomer for what they are looking for. They are looking for trending bins to put causes in. By trending causes the hope is...
In my opinion, the key to evaluating root cause analysis is being credible with those who will use the evaluation. If you don't know the person you may use...
Your example #2. The hole in a bathroom sink that eliminates the possibility of a sink overflowing. That seems to give it undue credit in light of my 7 kids,...
Bill, To be effective ya gotta take the "Analysis" off, and add "Binning" it is a binning process for causes. If someone believes they are doing any good by...
Scale of: from, 1= luck to, 5= prevents 95% or better all these are based on the barrier being of appropriate quality and installed correctly. Check sheets- 3...
Glen, When you do get around to doing a Collective Significance Analysis what do you find about the reliability of the "Apparent Causes?" How accurate are...
Making mistakes (and problems) obvious at a glance, should, in my view, not be called "mistake proofing." Measures that enhance the revelation of adverse...
Glen, Where did your ratings come from? Glen Mitchell <gmitchel@...> wrote: Scale of: from, 1= luck to, 5= prevents 95% or better all these are based...
Richard, Thanks for the meaty post. We are addressing three separate skills: Performing a root cause analysis. Evaluating a root cause analysis report, and ...
I too don't believe in the concept of apparent cause analysis. Apparent to me means looking at the evidence and taking a best guess at the cause(s). Rather, I...
I too don't believe in the concept of apparent cause analysis. Apparent to me means looking at the evidence and taking a best guess at the cause(s). Rather, I...
Richard, From the perspective of implementing recommended corrective actions from a Root Cause Analysis, is it possible that cost may become a factor on...