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1 From the President s desk Dear Members, In my last newsletter, we have seen the concept of RCA, its importance, applicability and the process of RCA. Now, we shall try to focus of various established methods used for carrying our RCA. These are globally established processes which are used commonly by the industry as well as other agencies for Root Cause Analysis. RCA Methods: The nature of RCA is to identify all and multiple contributing factors to a problem or event. This is most effectively accomplished through an analysis method. Some methods used in RCA include: The 5-Whys Analysis A simple problem-solving technique that helps users get to the root of the problem quickly. It was made popular in the 1970 s by the Toyota Production System. This strategy involves looking at a problem and asking why and what caused this problem. Often the answer to the first why prompts a second why and so on providing the basis for the 5-why analysis. Barrier Analysis Investigation or design method that involves the tracing of pathways by which a target is adversely affected by a hazard, including the identification of any failed or missing countermeasures that could or should have prevented the undesired effect(s). Change Analysis Looks systematically for possible risk impacts and appropriate risk management strategies in situations where change is occurring. This includes situations in which system configurations are changed, operating practices or policies are revised, new or different activities will be performed, etc. Causal Factor Tree Analysis An investigation and analysis technique used to record and display, in a logical, tree-structured hierarchy, all the actions and conditions that were necessary and sufficient for a given consequence to have occurred. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis A system engineering process that examines failures in products or processes. Fish-Bone Diagram or Ishikawa Diagram Derived from the quality management process, it s an analysis tool that provides a systematic way of looking at effects and the causes that create or contribute to those effects. Because of the function of the fishbone diagram, it may be referred to as a cause-and-effect diagram. The design of the diagram looks much like the skeleton of a fish hence the designation fishbone diagram. Pareto Analysis A statistical technique in decision making that is used for analysis of selected and a limited number of tasks that produce significant overall effect. The premise is that 80% of problems are produced by a few critical causes (20%). Fault Tree Analysis The event is placed at the root (top event) of a tree of logic. Each situation causing effect is added to the tree as a series of logic expressions. All the above methods have pros and cons associated with them and they can be used in isolation or in combination also. The main focus as reiterated earlier is to identify the root cause in the system and not the person involved in the incident. With warm regards, S.N.Soman

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