How is Cause Mapping® different from conventional root cause analysis?

Most organizations consider root cause analysis to be a search for the root cause or root causes of a problem. Cause Mapping focuses on finding specific solutions to preventing problems by matching them to specific causes. Cause Mapping identifies the system of causes for a problem to reveal all of the possible solutions. The best solutions are selected from the possible solutions identified. The output of the Cause Mapping process is specific actions to prevent problem reoccurrence.