REPLY Definition of root cause (SD6775)

[SDMAIL Fabian Fabian]

Posted by  Fabian Fabian <f_fabian at yahoo.com>

Jack,
 
If we refer to Donnella Meadows "Places to intervene in a System" , one 
could assume that for designing powerful solutions/interventions 
one should always dig down until reaching the paradigm level.
 
Although that would be truth, in real contexts implementation impact 
should be perceived in a much shorter time frame. Thus the amount of 
"why" could vary, and be validated by issue owners in order to be useful 
for solving the specific issue at hand.
 
Cheers,
 
Fabian Szulanski
Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires
Director
System Dynamics Centre

Posted by  Fabian Fabian <f_fabian at yahoo.com>
posting date  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 05:22:30 -0800 (PST)