Length: 3 Days
Root Cause Analysis Training
Striking at the core of a problem is the only way to permanently eliminate it.
This is the beauty of root cause analysis (RCA). As the name implies, root cause analysis is a method for identifying the key causes of a problem or event with the goal of implementing the most effective solutions so the problem or event will not recur.
From manufacturing problems to incorrect customer shipments, RCA applications are numerous and can result in meaningful improvements in the business processes as well as better bottom lines.
RCA can uncover previously hidden relationships between causes and symptoms and provide enduring solutions that will result in increased safety and lower costs. And by successfully getting to the root cause of one problem, businesses and organizations can solve several others along the way – which can have a significant impact on Total Cost of Risk (TCOR).
Very often, a team investigating a problem will jump to conclusions without digging deeper. It’s often a case of, well, we’ve seen the problem before, so it must be the same thing that’s taking place again. It makes things simpler to move straight to correction rather than deep dive into the problem.
But that is the human element that can keep a problem from never truly being resolved. Assumption is dangerous and the facts can only be brought to the surface with solid data.
What it comes down to is this: One or two facts alone may not lead to any conclusion, but taken as a whole, the facts may contain the key to unlocking the root cause. Such a guess should be viewed as a tentative hypothesis; assume it is true for the sake of testing, and then test the hypothesis. It is OK to be wrong in such situations because the testing may yield new information that drives the investigation forward.
As with any problem-solving approach, there are core principles that guide the methodology of root cause analysis.
These core principles not only help the quality of analysis, they also help the analysts gain trust from stakeholders, clients or patients.
These principles include:
- Focusing on correcting and remedying root causes rather than just symptoms.
- Focusing on how and why something happened without blaming anyone.
- Providing enough information to inform a corrective course of action.
- Considering how a root cause can be prevented in the future.
- The realization that there could be more than one root cause.
Root Cause Analysis Training Course by Tonex
- Understand what Root Cause Analysis is
- Root Cause Analysis Methods and Techniques
- How to Start and Complete Root Cause Analysis
- Learn about Methods of Root Cause Analysis
- Explains expressed RCA as a holistic approach and analytical and creative thinking tools
- Techniques and tools to incorporate elements of equipment, process, environment and human reliability
- Enhance problem-solving and trouble-shooting effectiveness
- Plan and create model for in-depth analysis of problem situations.
- Human-error reduction strategies and processes involved with decision making
- Investigation techniques and failure-scene investigation methods also known as evidence gathering
- Use the tools available for analysis of problem situations
Topics Covered
- Introduction to the Field of Root Cause Analysis
- Principles of Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Methodologies
- Comparing Different Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Methodologies
- Failure Classification
- Root Cause Analysis as an Approach
- Opportunity Analysis
- The ‘5 Whys’
- Fishbone Diagrams
- Histograms
- Pareto Charts
- Cause and Effect Diagrams
- Run Charts
- Scatter Diagrams
- Flow Charts
- Control Charts
- Common Mistakes
- Unmanageable Conclusions
- Preventative Action
- Cause and Effect Principles
- Cause and Effect Analysis
- Charting Exercises
- Solutions thru Critical Thinking and Creativity
- Guidelines for Group Facilitation
- Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
- CAPA in Site Management
- Incident Investigation
- Mapping & reporting software
Course Agenda
Introduction to Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- What is Root Cause Analysis?
- When Do We Use It?
- What happened?
- How did it happen?
- Why did it happen?
- What can be done to prevent it from happening again?
- Basic Steps of RCA
- Gather the facts using a timeline and interviews
- Understand what happened
- Identify root causes
- Develop a Risk Reduction Plan
- Evaluate effectiveness of actions
Essentials of Root Cause Analysis Process
- Define the Problem
- Collect Data
- Walk-Through Task Analysis
- Human Factors Engineering
- Organizational Policy and Procedure
- Preparing for the Root Cause Analysis Process
- Root Cause Analysis Process
- Implementing the Action Plan
- Sharing Results of Improvement
Types of Root Cause Analysis
- Safety-based RCA
- Production-based RCA
- Process-based RCA
- Systems-based RCA
Root Cause Analysis Methods
- What Are the Types of Causes?
- Causal Factor Category List
- Determine Causes of Event
- Problem detection challenges
- Problem detection methods
- Selecting the right tools
- Improving your root-cause analysis
- Step-method
- Why-Why
- 5-Why Method
- FMEA
- Process FMEA vs. Design FMEA
- Bow-tie
- Event Tree Analysis (ETA)
- Failure Tree Analysis (FTA)
- FMECA
- Interview
- Fishbone Diagram (Ishikawa)
- Criteria for Event Description
- Cause and Effect Analysis
- Techniques for Conducting Interviews
Root Cause Analysis Workshops and Group Projects
- Case studies
- Introduction of Tonex Root Cause Analysis Framework
- Identifying the questions to determine the root causes
- Identifying and addressing the root causes of critical incidents
- Initial Data Gathering Techniques
- Interactive Activities
- Identifying corrective and preventive actions
- Bring your own problem into the class
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Root Cause Analysis Training