TAP ROOT Course Outline  2 Days

Course Outline
DAY ONE

 Introductions
 Understanding What Happened – SnapCharT® Basics
 SnapCharT® Exercise
 Collecting Information
 Failure Modes and Failure Agents
 Equifactor® Troubleshooting Tables
 Human Errors
 Process Troubleshooting
 Example: Troubleshooting a Seawater Pump

DAY TWO

 TapRooT®/Equifactor® Software Introduction

 Identifying Causal Factors
 Introduction to the Root Cause Tree®
 Exercise: Walking Through the Root Cause Tree®
 Exercise: Teams Find Root Causes Using the Root Cause Tree®
 Change Analysis
 Change Analysis Exercise
 Final Exercise: Solving a Major Equipment Issue