The 5 Whys method is part of the Toyota Production System. And, as my regular viewers know, I am a big fan of raiding Japanese management and production techniques and applying them to strengthen our project management toolkit. So, how do we use the 5 Whys method?

Five Steps…
1 Gather your team
2 Define what the problem is
3 Find root cause with 5 whys
4 Develop solution
5 Take action to implement the solution

Nice addons
Poka Yoke mistake proofing
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Chapter Markers...

00:00 The 5 Whys Method Sakichi Toyoda Toyota Production System
00:33 What the 5 Whys Method is
00:43 Steps 1 and 2
01:16 Step 3
02:11 A projectbased example of the 5 Whys method
03:24 Nothing special about five
03:36 Step 4
04:09 Step 5
04:24 Addons to make the 5 Whys better still: Poka Yoke and Yokoten
05:13 Conclusion

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