Root cause analysis (RCA)

In Oversight, quality & inspection

Root cause analysis is the process of working past the immediate error to the underlying reason it was possible. It asks why repeatedly until the answer is something about the system — a missing check, an unclear instruction, an unrealistic workload. Without it, corrective actions treat symptoms.

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