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If you need to lead a Latent Cause Analysis, and need some memory joggers, CLICK HERE.  We've put it all in one spot because WE WANT TO HELP YOU!

PowerPoint Slide Shows

The Trivialization of Root Cause Analysis (delivered to the American Petroleum Institute April, 2001

The Management Systems Dilemma (delivered to the HPRCT June, 2001)

New Century, Same Humanity -- on a Collision Course (delivered to IEEE Human Factors Conference September, 2002)

Learning from Small Things that Go Wrong -- no big teams, no sophisticated science -- just plain and simple introspection (delivered to the HPRCT, June, 2003)

 

Suggested Templates and Forms

Mini-LCA NEW PowerPoint Template

Midi-RCA Old-style Report Template

Mini-RCA Old-style Report Template

WHY Tree Handoff

LCA Scoring Sheet

 

Papers

IEEE Conference on Human Factors, Orlando, 1999: The Latent Causes of Industrial Failures - How To Identify Them, and What To Do About Them

ASM, Cleveland, OH, June 2000: Are We Ready to Hear What Failure Has to Say?

CCPS, Orlando, FL, October, 2000: Root Cause Analysis -- NOT What You Might Think!

HPRCT, Baltimore, MD, June 2001: The Management Systems Dilemma

HPRCT, Fort Worth, TX, June 2002: A Profound Question (warning -- this one is a bit controversial)

IEEE Conference on Human Factors, Phoenix, 2002 New Century, Same Humanity -- on a Collision Course!

CCPS, Jacksonville, FL, October 2002: The Revelations of Asphaliah

Practical Failure Analysis Magazine (ASM), August 2003 What Are We to Learn from the Terrorists Attacks?

International Maintenance Conference (IMC), December, 2004 Learning from the Small Things that Go Wrong -- a Vision of What Could Be (the paper behind the presentation).

(National Petroleum Refiners Association, May 2006:
A New Vision for Root Cause Analysis

HPRCT, Monterey, California, August 2007:  The Problem with Root Cause Analysis!

Narrated Presentations

What is Root Cause Analysis (according to Failsafe)?

Newsletter Archives

NOTE:  Due to a site redesign, the links within Volumes 1 through 8 are no longer functional.
Volume 8:  Announcing Mother-Source-Central
Volume 7:  What's the difference between Failsafe's approach and others.
Volume 6:  Vision
Volume 5:  Do NOT train your people in RCA (without setting expectations)
Volume 4:  I am disgusted
Volume 3:  Introducing Failsafe University
Volume 2:  It does not cost 1 penny to fix a Latent Cause!
Volume 1:  Announcing New Netletter
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