5 Whys: Root Cause Analysis

"There is nothing that can't be done. If you can't make something, it's because you haven't tried hard enough." - Sakichi Toyoda

Do you have, at first sight, a trifling issue that has been bothering you for days, weeks, months? You keep on solving it but it gets back again and again. How do you get rid of it and never worry about it anymore?

The 5 Whys is a surprisingly effective and totally simple way to task-solving. Are you facing an undesirable event in your life? Ask yourself “Why?” 5 times. You will highly likely trace the issue to its source. For sure!

***CONCEPT***

The 5 Whys technique was developed and fine-tuned within the Toyota Motor Corporation as a critical component of its problem-solving training.

Taiichi Ohno, the architect of the Toyota Production System in the 1950s, describes the method as "the basis of Toyota's scientific approach . . . by repeating “why” five times, the nature of the problem, as well as its solution, becomes clear."

1. Solve your tasks properly without getting back to them all over again

2. Get rid of everything that bothers you.

3. Be productive with the 5 Whys technique. Add questions and answers to them.

4. Analyze your answers and make conclusions.

5. Clear your mind and find solutions.

***HOW IT WORKS***

1. Press "+" to add a problem.

2. Add questions and answers to them one by one.

3. The last answer will be the root cause.

4. Analyze it and write down your thoughts in the Conclusion.

5. Click "Done".

6. The problem is now available in your Current problems on the main screen.

7. Swipe right to mark it as "solved" and move to the Archive.

8. Your solved problems are available in your Archive to self-reflect.

Toyoda did this and you can do it too! Change your life for the better. Start now.