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McGlockenshire
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What it is like being the only engineer in a meeti...
Don't just ask why. Ask why until you know you've found the root cause.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys
skrebbel
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Searching for "the" root cause (as opposed to more than one) is its own fallacy though.
brenschluss
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The Ishikawa diagram (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishikawa_diagram
) is a way of assuming and charting out multiple causes.
zboswell
on April 4, 2014
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So the root cause of the problem "why can't we play outside?" is because "god is dead and we're alone".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8idwyuVJ4ug
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