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Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
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Root Cause Analysis
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Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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MORT Analysis
Purposedifferent
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.When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes.For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.
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1-4 h30-90 minMehrere Tage bis Wochen
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3-83-122-6
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Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action PlanAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic Recommendations
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Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
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