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Learning Objectives 

  • Designed to bring Managers along the same journey as their personnel who are facilitating or participating in Root Cause Analysis investigations. 
  • To enable Managers to speak the same language as their workers and grasp an overview of the concept of the Cause Tree RCA methodology. 
  • Trigger the mindset that a successful RCA program requires a culture of ownership and culture flows from the top. 

Key Learnings 

  • The Management Team will be exposed to Cause Tree methodology that grows into a much stronger result when compared to a simple linear 5-why approach. 

Why you should attend 

  • Your team is utilizing the Cause Tree RCA methodology and requires support and report approval. 
  • You need to perform Root Cause Analysis in the management domain and require a common methodology that can be applied across any situation. 
  • Overcomes the challenges in getting management and stakeholders to buy into the vision for reliability initiatives. 
  • As a Manager you have time constraints and require a short half day introduction to strong, simple RCA methodology. 

Course Information

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0.5-day face-to-face classroom, or

4-hours remote web conferencing


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Manager, Supervisors, Superintendents, Senior Engineers.


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Day 1

  • Introduction to RCA and the IEC 62740 international standard for Root Cause Analysis
  • Triggers for an RCA
  • Preparation
  • Analysis
    • Develop Problem Statement
    • Construct Initial Timeline 
    • Build the Cause and Effect Chart
    • Add Supporting Information
  • Resolution
    • Generate and Select Solutions
    • Implement Solutions


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  • English
  • Spanish
  • German
  • Portuguese
  • Chinese (Mandarin / Simplified Chinese)