The How to Investigate: Human Error short course focuses specifically on how to drive your investigation past many of the common generic stopping points such as “human error." Instead of providing a thorough explanation for the problem, we stop at just the point where further explanation is needed. As a result, solutions are often generic focusing solely on the person. We miss a valuable opportunity for lessons learned to improve and manage by work process.
The workshop highlights the importance of work process and how the type of error made can drive specific solutions that improve work process.

How long has it been since your last training with ThinkReliability? In this online short course, you’ll revisit the Cause Mapping method and further hone your problem-solving skills. We will review Cause Mapping concepts and conventions, the basics of cause and effect thinking, cause-and-effect fundamental relationships and common errors by facilitators. The session will culminate into a case study that brings all the pieces together.
Who should attend?
The focus of this course is to refamiliarize attendees with the Cause Mapping method and provide an opportunity for attendees to ask method application questions. Prior Cause Mapping workshop attendance is recommended.

The 5-Why Cause Mapping Root Cause Analysis Online Short Course teaches people to apply cause-and-effect thinking to break down daily problems. This course is for frontline problem solvers, technical leads and management. It’s applicable to safety, environmental, operations, maintenance and administrative functions.
Attendees learn:
the DOs and DON’Ts of 5-Whyshow to avoid problem miscommunicationsthe important role of evidencethe basics of critical thinking

Connecting the RCA and FMEA can improve how your organization analyzes, documents, communicates and prevents problems. Root cause analysis (RCA) is typically used for investigating why a problem did occur, so specific solutions can be implemented to prevent it from occurring again. Failure modes effect analysis (FMEA) is used to understand how a problem could happen in the future in an effort to identify what actions should be taken to prevent it. RCA is reactive, and FMEA is proactive. Connecting the two approaches can improve how your organization analyzes, documents, communicates and prevents problems.
In this online short course, you’ll learn:
The importance of cause-and-effect thinking for understanding and preventing incidents.The 10 steps of conducting a conventional FMEA.How a system breaks out into its parts.How RCA and FMEA connect into a cumulative Cause Map™ diagram—a tool that captures the different failure modes over the life of a system.

Root cause analysis (RCA) is an approach for identifying the underlying causes of an incident, so the most effective solutions can be identified and implemented. Beyond solving problems after they’ve happened, RCA strategies can be applied before, during or after an event to prevent failures and mitigate risk.

Root cause analysis (RCA) is an approach for identifying the underlying causes of an incident, so the most effective solutions can be identified and implemented. Beyond solving problems after they’ve happened, RCA strategies can be applied before, during or after an event to prevent failures and mitigate risk.

The 5-Why Cause Mapping Root Cause Analysis Online Short Course teaches people to apply cause-and-effect thinking to break down daily problems. This course is for frontline problem solvers, technical leads and management. It’s applicable to safety, environmental, operations, maintenance and administrative functions.
Attendees learn:
the DOs and DON’Ts of 5-Whyshow to avoid problem miscommunicationsthe important role of evidencethe basics of critical thinking

The How to Investigate: Human Error short course focuses specifically on how to drive your investigation past many of the common generic stopping points such as “human error." Instead of providing a thorough explanation for the problem, we stop at just the point where further explanation is needed. As a result, solutions are often generic focusing solely on the person. We miss a valuable opportunity for lessons learned to improve and manage by work process.
The workshop highlights the importance of work process and how the type of error made can drive specific solutions that improve work process.

Effective work processes prevent problems from occurring in the first place. Many organizations mistakenly believe “procedure not followed” is the end of an investigation. Using the Cause Mapping® method, we will show you how it’s a gateway that reveals specifically how to prevent a problem from occurring again. The solutions implemented provide a great example that there’s more than one way to solve a problem. 
During this two-hour online training course you will learn:
How to dissect some of the troubled work processes in your company, how to utilize the knowledge and experience within your organization to prevent problems and improve performance, how to use the Cause Mapping template in Excel to document your work process and complete investigations