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Full Cause Mapping® Template

Cause Mapping Template in Excel
Healthcare Cause Mapping Template 

This is our standard Cause Mapping template that can be downloaded for your version of Microsoft Excel (Excel 2003 or Excel 2007/2010) It contains a worksheet with instructions on using Excel to build Cause Map diagrams and Process Maps. It also contains a summary of the Cause Mapping methodology as well as the Outline, Cause Map diagram and Solutions worksheets.

Problem Outline
Problem Outline
This file contains blank worksheets for writing a problem outline. There is portrait and landscape format, as well as a color and black & white version, depending on your preference. Each worksheet is fit to one standard page and ready to print.

5-Why Cause Mapping Template in Excel 
5-Why Cause Mapping Template
This template is the express lane for quickly starting an investigation. It only has five worksheets:

1. Cause Mapping Steps
2. Problem
3. Analysis (5-Why baseline)
4. Timeline
5. Solutions

5-Why Cause Map™ Starter Page
5-Why Starter Page
This one-page investigation sheet provides a simple way to immediately begin collecting and organizing information. Fill out the sheet to capture the basic Outline, Timeline, Cause Map diagram and processes for a particular incident or problem.

Top 3 Tips for Using the Cause Mapping® Template in Excel (video)
Cause Mapping Template Tips
This six minute video explains our top 3 tips for building Cause Map™ diagrams in the Cause Mapping® template in Excel.

Cause Mapping® Template in Excel Quick Start Guide (PDF)
Cause Mapping Template Quick Start Guide
To help get you started, we’ve created a Cause Mapping Quick Start Guide with some of our favorite tricks and shortcuts. Download and print out your copy of the PDF now.

Titanic Cause Map Diagram
Titanic Cause Map Diagram
This PDF contains 20 pages that provide a visual progression of the Cause Map diagram build out for the Titanic incident. There is also a video presentation available for viewing.

Broken Glass Cause Map File
Broken Glass Cause Map File
This file contains an example of the Broken Glass incident that was covered in the workshop. There are several example Cause Map diagrams at different levels of detail for this incident.

ThinkReliability Approach: Process & Cause and Effect
ThinkReliability Approach – Process Cause and Effect
The ThinkReliability Approach consists of a thorough cause-and-effect analysis captured as a Cause Map diagram and clear understanding of the work processes involved in the issue documented on a Process Map. This file is one PowerPoint slide that has been converted to a PDF.