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RealityCharting e-book .pdf - SERC Home Page

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Table of Contents<br />

Preface ........................................................... 9<br />

Acknowledgments ............................................... 11<br />

Introduction..................................................... 13<br />

If You Have Ever Asked Why.................................. 13<br />

<strong>RealityCharting</strong>. ............................................ 14<br />

Personal Success. ........................................... 15<br />

1 Paradigm Shift. ............................................... 16<br />

Traditional Problem-Solving Strategies....................... 18<br />

Linear Thinking. .......................................... 18<br />

Categorization ........................................... 19<br />

Storytelling .............................................. 21<br />

Common Sense. .......................................... 27<br />

Our Unique Senses. ......................................... 27<br />

Processing Data. ............................................ 28<br />

Our Unique Strategies....................................... 30<br />

Our Unique Conclusions. .................................... 30<br />

Root Cause Myth. ........................................... 32<br />

Principles of Causation ...................................... 34<br />

Seven Steps to Effective Problem Solving..................... 35<br />

Continuous Improvement—The Essence of Quality ........... 35<br />

References.................................................. 36<br />

2 Conventional Wisdom Compared. ............................. 37<br />

Comparison Criteria. ........................................ 38<br />

Various RCA Methods and Tools in Use Today................. 39<br />

Events and Causal Factors Charting: ....................... 39<br />

Change Analysis: ......................................... 39<br />

Barrier Analysis: .......................................... 39<br />

Tree Diagrams: ........................................... 40<br />

Why-Why Chart:. ......................................... 41<br />

Pareto Analysis:. .......................................... 41<br />

Storytelling Method:...................................... 41<br />

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