The Investigating 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 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.

Learn to document and facilitate your entire incident investigation using the Cause Mapping Root Cause Analysis template in Microsoft Excel. This online short course will cover some Excel basics and work through a Cause Mapping investigation step-by-step while teaching fundamental skills for using the template and drawing tools in Microsoft Excel and providing insights into facilitating and sharing the findings of an investigation.

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.

During this two-hour online training course, you will learn to dissect some of the troubled work processes within your company. 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. 

You’ve defined a problem, analyzed it and found solutions using the Cause Mapping® method of root cause analysis. Now, it’s time to present your findings. Where do you begin? In this online short course, we’ll explain how to effectively present your Cause Map™ diagram to your colleagues or managers.

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 Investigating 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.