Common BlogarithmsWeblog focused on problem solving, root cause analysis, accident investigation, organizations, safety, and nuclear energy.Cross-Pollination 2- November 14, 2005 Root cause analysis has a fatal flaw -- if you can't convince people that change is necessary, they will not change. Too many beautiful reports fail to make even a miniscule change in the course that an organization has already set for itself. The most thoroughly researched root cause analysis in the world is completely useless, if it fails to change anyone's mind. This is the second installment of my "cross-pollination" series. It focuses exlusively on a facet of root cause...http://www.bill-wilson.net/b81.html Software as Root Cause- November 8, 2005 Wired News has a nice article on what they consider to be the 10 worst software bugs of all time (so far). I knew about a few of these, notably the Therac-25 fatalities and the Ariane-5 self-destruction. However, at least three of them were new to me.Here is a list of the bugs they describe:1962: Mariner 1 space probe destruction after launch1982: Soviet gas pipeline explosion1985-198...http://www.bill-wilson.net/b80.html |