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A woodsman was once asked, "What would you do if you had just five minutes to chop down a tree?" He answered, "I would spend the first two and a half minutes sharpening my axe."
Your purpose is to identify where in the process things go wrong, not who messed up. Look for systemic causes, not culprits.
the system that people work in and the interaction with people may account for 90 or 95 percent of performance.