Learning Objectives

  • The purpose of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to facilitate an effective problem analysis.
  • This course is ideal for anyone whose job involves problem-solving. As a minimum, all supervisors and lead personnel should take this course.
  • During the course, the participants will apply everything learned to solve an exercise problem and each student will be given the opportunity to facilitate a group in effective analysis.

Key Learnings

  • The course provides a working knowledge of the Apollo Root Cause Analysis™ methodology. This is the most popular course, and the one taught in all public seminars. It assists anyone in understanding fundamental problem-solving processes and how to facilitate an effective investigation.

Why you should attend

  • Suffering high maintenance costs and unplanned downtime
  • Experiencing recurring problem and/or lack of confidence in current solutions
  • Experiencing a lack of follow through on corrective actions
  • Challenges in getting management and stakeholders to buy into our vision for reliability initiatives

FAQs

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  • 2-days face-to-face classroom, or
  • 15-hours remote web conferencing, typically over 3 days

An optional 3rd day workshop may be added to the face-to-face classroom session, allowing facilitators to perform Root Cause Analysis exercises using their new skills and following the methodology on specific client problems.


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Supervisors, Engineers, LEAN Specialists, 6 Sigma Black Belts, Maintenance Trades, Designers Engineers, Safety Representatives, Operators, Administrators, Continuous / Healthcare Improvement Specialists, Business Analysts, IT Professionals, HR Personnel.


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When this course is provided privately, it can be extended to include a third day focusing on a client problem(s) with the team(s) facilitating to a resolution in a workshop environment using their new skills and following the methodology.


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Day 1

  • Problems
  • Problem definition – what, when, where
  • Why “who” is not important
  • Causes and timelines
  • 5 Whys and beyond
  • Review of RealityCharting® software and practical experience using the software to generate charts and reports
  • Cause and Effect Chart creation

Day 2

  • The need for Evidence
  • Solution brainstorming
  • Solution qualification
  • Selecting effective solutions
  • Group facilitation skills
  • Common Traps
  • Putting it all together
  • Effective Problem Solving Culture

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First hand experience of performing an RCA


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  • English
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Portuguese
  • Italian

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Prerequisites: None

Next Steps: 

  • Apollo Root Cause Analysis Facilitators Course RCA201A
  • RCA Incident Investigation RCA301A
  • Super-User Courses RCA302A

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