Kepner-Tregoe Analysis

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Kepner-Tregoe Analysis

• Curtis Cunningham
• 20051031

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What is Kepner-Tregoe?

• Company that provides motivational seminars
  http//www.kepner-tregoe.com
• A type of root cause analysis

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Terms in KT Defined

• PA Problem Analysis
• DA Decision Analysis
• PSA

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Steps in KT

• 1. Situation Appraisal
• 2. Problem Analysis
• 3. Decision Analysis Uses weighted scores to
  evaluate and compare different options.
• 4. Potential Problem Analysis

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Root Cause Analysis

• Works backwards from the consequences you desire
  to change.
• Establishes chain of effects and evaluates the
  contributing factors at each level
• Attempts to find lowest level cause
• There may be more than one root cause

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Sources

• http//www.kepner-tregoe.com/index.cfm
• http//www.greatsystems.com/rootcause.htm
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_cause_analysis
• http//www.decide-guide.com/kepner-tregoe.html