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Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Purpose
When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.
Complexity
Medium
Time
1-4 h
Participants
3-8
Format
Workshop + async
Output
Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan
Tags
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
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