FRACAS Analysis, Part 4

This week’s tip continues discussing the Analysis phase of FRACAS, and we’ll focus on some of the analysis tools that can be used to help determine the root cause. A key point to remember from last week’s tip is to ensure that you have the problem (failure incident)...

FRACAS Analysis, Part 3

This week’s tip continues discussing the Analysis phase of FRACAS. As mentioned in last week’s tip, there are a number of Problem Resolution/Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) processes and tools that are available. Figure 1 below illustrates a typical process that...

FRACAS Analysis, Part 2

This week’s tip continues discussing the Analysis phase of FRACAS. There are a number of Problem Resolution/Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) processes and tools that are available. So many, in fact, that a variety of books and guides have been written on both the...

FRACAS Analysis, Part 1

The Analysis part of FRACAS can at times be the most difficult, challenging and even fun (yes, fun!) phase of the overall FRACAS process. This phase is focused on determining the cause(s) of the failure. Let’s start with a couple of definitions of two different types...