Another take on 5-Whys

A couple months ago, I saw a fun cartoon on LinkedIn. It was attached to a perfectly sound article which you can find here. But the cartoon is what I wanted to share.

And of course this is right. Sometimes analysis sputters out. You might not have the data you need to get a first-class root cause. Other factors might interfere as well. This work can be hard.

It's still valuable to do, of course.