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Root-cause analysis

In science and reliability engineering, root-cause analysis (RCA) is a method of problem solving used for identifying the root causes of faults or problems. It is widely used in IT operations, manufacturing, telecommunications, industrial process control, accident analysis (e.g., in aviation, rail transport, or nuclear plants), medical diagnosis, the…

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related to Application domains · 37
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related to Cause-and-effect analysis · 11
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related to Effectiveness reviews · 7
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related to Proactive management · 6
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related to IT and telecommunications · 5
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Root-cause analysis → form of inductive inference, regulatory requirement, regulatory requirement.Systems analysisRCA is also used in change management
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Root-cause analysisis aform of inductive inference0.90text
Root-cause analysisis aregulatory requirement.Systems analysisRCA is also used in change management0.90text
Root-cause analysisis aregulatory requirement0.90text
witness statementsinstance oforganizing and analyzing informationMost RCAs begin with a fact finding session to gather available information0.80text
the chronology of eventsinstance oforganizing and analyzing informationMost RCAs begin with a fact finding session to gather available information0.80text
applicable requirements for the evolutions that were taking place at the time of the eventinstance oforganizing and analyzing informationMost RCAs begin with a fact finding session to gather available information0.80text
Pareto chartsinstance ofand data analysis tools0.80text
process mapsinstance ofand data analysis tools0.80text
fault treesinstance ofand data analysis tools0.80text
and other tools that provide insights into performance gapsinstance ofand data analysis tools0.80text
hierarchical clusteringinstance ofand others0.80text
data-mining solutionsinstance ofand others0.80text

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