Glossary · Reasoning and evidence

Root-cause analysis (RCA)

The structured determination of why an incident happened, with evidence, usually written into a problem record.

In REAP

REAP produces the RCA narrative and evidence links; pilots measure RCA documentation hours saved.

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Bring us your last P1.

Keep the root cause to yourself; in a 30-minute session we walk through how REAP would have investigated it, evidence first. The replay on your own network happens inside the proof of value.