Define When a Root Cause Analysis Should be Performed

Before you begin conducting a Root Cause Analysis using the Root Cause Analysis module, you should determine which events require further investigation through a Root Cause Analysis. This involves defining criteria that standardizes when a Root Cause Analysis should always be performed.

The criteria to perform a Root Cause Analysis should be defined according to the needs and resources within your organization. For instance, the criteria can be based strictly on the data collected in Failures. For example, the criteria might be that a Root Cause Analysis is automatically performed when an asset fails more than two times in a 12-month period. The criteria can also be less restrictive, allowing an area manager or reliability engineer to initiate a Root Cause analysis even if a failure does not meet the standard criteria.

Regardless of the specific criteria that you use, your goal should be to define criteria that will allow personnel to know when a Root Cause Analysis should always be conducted, ensuring that failure events are analyzed in a consistent and methodical way.

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