ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses what does an ideal RCA team look like?What are the roles and responsibilities of the team members?When is an RCA team formed? What is the charter of the team?
Should the technical expert in the failure that occurred be the Lead Investigator?What biases should be considered? Should the team members have diverse background or similar?If investigating an operations failure, should the RCA team all be from operations? All from maintenance? Should there be a mix from many different disciplines? If an RCA team has not been assembled yet, and a failure occurs, how is the evidence from the scene preserved?
These are all topics covered in this important chapter about what does an ideal RCA team look like, how are they organized, and what is their purpose.
