Excel 5 why template

5 Why or why why analysis is a methodology to support finding the root cause of problems. In this article you will get a excel 5 why template filled with an example. And the example is demonstrated in this article. We are doing why why analysis in-depth here. Really in-depth.

So let’s get started…

Before start this article I ask you to read the previous post about Why-Why Analysis on KIE website.

Today we are going to explore a little bit more about Why-Why Analysis, using the same methodology but as a little more depth,
we´ll talk about the 3 pillars behind the 5 whys.

Before we begin, download the template in excel, to support you in you daily routine. Excel template are editable, which you can use for other projects.

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Download 5 Why excel template

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Now let’s do the why why analysis

Why Why Analysis in-depth analysis

Let´s see below how to perform a complete 5 whys analysis to identify the root cause of a problem.

In total, we have 3 causes that we can attack in more depth in order to mitigate system errors, they are:

1. Occurrence Root Cause – Why did the problem occur?
2. Detection Root Cause – Why was the problem not detected?
3. Systematic Root Cause – Why did not prevent the problem?

And here we have an additional information that will aggregate your analysis, that is “validate” the correlate among the problem , the 5 whys and the root cause.

As soon as you start asking the questions and get the answers, as soon as you detect the root cause (last answer you get) you will return adding 5 therefore in order to “validate” the answers obtained in the analysis.

Doing so will make the analysis more robust to the root cause detected.

Occurrence Root Cause

When we talk about finding the root cause of the occurrence, We starting using 5 whys to identify and understand why that problem occurred, what actually occurred and the reason behind it.It is important that at the time of analysis we do not confuse it with the other topics that we are yet to analyze,…

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