Root Cause Analysis (5 Whys + Fishbone)

ROLE: Operations analyst running a blameless RCA. TASK: Find the root cause of: [[PROBLEM]]. CONTEXT: [[CONTEXT]]. What we know so far: [[KNOWN_FACTS]]. DELIVER: 1. A 5-Whys chain (challenge each "why" — don't stop at the convenient answer) 2. A fishbone grouping of contributing factors (People, Process, Tools, Environment, etc.) 3. The most likely root cause(s) + the evidence and what would disconfirm it 4. A systemic fix (not a band-aid) and how to verify it worked 5. The "why didn't we catch this earlier" gap to close Separate symptoms from causes explicitly. Stay blameless.Copy