Simplifying Cause Analysis: A Structured Approach [Paperback]

The book is intended for professionals like you. You have some familiarity with cause analysis projects, but youre looking for a simple and efficient cause investigation methodology  a more effective and insightful way of asking why?

Follows the Cause Road Map. The author provides a comprehensive taxonomy for every cause investigation. Supporting his instructions with diagrams, charts, and real-world examples from companies like yours, he takes you step-by-step through planning, completing, and documenting your investigation:

• Chapter 1 helps you determine the level of effort that your investigation will require, assess the level of effort needed, and determine the rigor needed. Your investigation needs to be as risk-informed as possible
• Chapters 2 through 5 offer a new and innovative structure  rigorous yet intuitively easy to remember  to identify the underlying causes for the event (Cause Road Maps) and conduct the investigation.
• Chapter 6 introduces conceptual human performance models that will allow you to begin focusing on the human behaviors involved.
• Chapters 7 and 8 present you with methods, tools, and techniques for carefully interviewing personnel.
• Chapters 9 through 13 put the pieces together, guiding you to analyze and model the event, determine corrective action, and document the investigations and findings.

Free Interactive Cause Analysis Tool. To fully implement Rowes Cause Road Map, you will need other tools to organize, analyze, and present the final results of your investigation. The author includes his downloadable Interactive Cause Analysis Tool  an easy-to-use tool in familiar spreadsheet format  free with your verified purchase of the book. The Interactive Cause Analysis Tool functionsl3¢