Root Cause Failure Analysis

Course details

• Introduction and Objectives
• Introducing Root Cause Analysis and Accident
• Systematic Approach
• Analyze risk / Ensure Conformity
• Direct Causes and Root Causes
• Identifying Direct Causes
• Focus on the System
• Recognizing a piece missing from the quality system
• Identifying the Source of Root Causes

The course examines these issues:

• Understanding the basic approaches to RCA
• Appreciating the most appropriate considerations in conducting RCA
• Understanding determine if RCA is required
• Identifying the major components of a RCA
• Implementing appropriate RCA
• Understanding the requirements for implementing corrective and preventive action
• Identifying the types of non-conformances and potential non-conformances
• Documenting corrective and preventive actions
• Understanding how to close out and follow up issues from all sources

A number of techniques used within RCA:

• Step-method
• FMEA
• Bow-tie
• Event Tree
• Failure Tree
• Fish Bone