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IEC 62740:2015

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Root cause analysis (RCA)
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English - French, Spanish, Castilian

Published date

02-13-2015

FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
4 RCA - Overview
5 The RCA process
6 Selection of techniques for analysing causes
Annex A (informative) - Summary and criteria of commonly
        used RCA techniques
Annex B (informative) - RCA models
Annex C (informative) - Detailed description of RCA techniques
Annex D (informative) - Useful tools to assist root cause
        analysis (RCA)
Annex E (informative) - Analysis of human performance
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IEC 62740:2015 describes the basic principles of root cause analysis (RCA) and specifies the steps that a process for RCA should include. This standard identifies a number of attributes for RCA techniques which assist with the selection of an appropriate technique. It describes each RCA technique and its relative strengths and weaknesses. RCA is used to analyse the root causes of focus events with both positive and negative outcomes, but it is most commonly used for the analysis of failures and incidents. Causes for such events can be varied in nature, including design processes and techniques, organizational characteristics, human aspects and external events. RCA can be used for investigating the causes of non-conformances in quality (and other) management systems as well as for failure analysis, for example in maintenance or equipment testing. RCA is used to analyse focus events that have occurred, therefore this standard only covers a posteriori analyses. It is recognized that some of the RCA techniques with adaptation can be used proactively in the design and development of items and for causal analysis during risk assessment; however, this standard focuses on the analysis of events which have occurred. The intent of this standard is to describe a process for performing RCA and to explain the techniques for identifying root causes. These techniques are not designed to assign responsibility or liability, which is outside the scope of this standard. Keywords: root cause analysis (RCA), RCA techniques

DevelopmentNote
Stability date: 2018. (02/2015)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
151
PublisherName
International Electrotechnical Committee
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
NF EN 62740 : 2015 Identical
NBN EN 62740 : 2015 Identical
NEN EN IEC 62740 : 2015 Identical
AS/NZS IEC 62740:2016 Identical
UNE-EN 62740:2015 Identical
BS EN 62740:2015 Identical
CEI EN 62740 : 2015 Identical
EN 62740:2015 Identical
DIN EN 62740:2015-11 Identical

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