Comments on: 5-whys versus current reality trees http://silkandspinach.net/2005/07/21/5-whys-versus-current-reality-trees/ development, by example Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:48:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mark Paradies http://silkandspinach.net/2005/07/21/5-whys-versus-current-reality-trees/#comment-164 Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:50:25 +0000 http://silkandspinach.wordpress.com/2005/07/21/5-whys-versus-current-reality-trees/#comment-164 I rarely see 5 Whys used effectively. Although I read a little about TOC, Current Reality Trees, and Peter Senge’s System Thinking, I am more a fan of more systematic root cause analysis.

Because I’ve been asked many times why I think that 5 Whys is not effective, I finally wrote an article and posted it at:

http://www.taproot.com/blog/2005/10/whats_wrong_with_5whys_complet.html

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