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Root cause analysis (RCA) is a method of problem solving used for identifying the root causes of faults or problems.
A factor is considered a root cause if removal thereof from the problem-fault-sequence prevents the final undesirable event from recurring; whereas a causal factor is one that affects an event's outcome, but is not a root cause.