Not really. It sank - because it filled with water. (water pumps were not appropriate size)
Because the welds were not strong enough. (needed better welding technology) Which were used instead of double walls. (invented later) But the rudder was too small to miss the iceberg, couldn't turn fast enough. (bad engineering) But the people trained were not good at spotting icebergs at night. (training) Chose to go at night (decision) Went too fast (pride) etc… The Titanic sinking is a "famous" root-cause problem. (Many people blame the iceberg -- but -- other things failed first, and other things failed later) Again -- any one of those could have avoided the sinking. -John On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 10:41 AM, richard....@bwc.state.oh.us < richard....@bwc.state.oh.us> wrote: > ** > > Isn’t the “root cause” of the Titanic sinking the “Hit Iceberg”? > > The occurrence of any of the other factors didn’t cause the sinking > > in and of themselves. > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] *On Behalf Of *John Sundberg > *Sent:* Friday, December 21, 2012 11:28 AM > *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > *Subject:* Re: Good article on Root Cause > > > > ** > > I liked the article - because it challenges a common accepted idea > "root-cause" -- there is never "one" root cause -- there are many. > > > > Fire = heat, fuel, oxygen (take away one -- you don't get the result) > > > > The Titanic sank -- why? > > > > Rudder too small > > Lookout people not properly trained > > Not double skinned walls > > Can't rivet on curved metal > > Hit ice-berg > > Went too fast > > Travel at night > > > > Any one of those could have "prevented" the issue. > > > > > > > > Root-cause should be relabeled "Contributing factors" (Or something like > that). > > (and it should be a list :) (or a table in Remedy talk)) > > > > > > -John > > > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 3:23 PM, John Sundberg < > john.sundb...@kineticdata.com> wrote: > > http://www.theitsmreview.com/2012/12/railways-derailments/ > > > > -- > > *John Sundberg* > > *Kinetic Data, Inc.* > > *"Your Business. Your Process."* > > > > *Save The Date! *Second Annual KEG (Kinetic Enthusiasts Group) > > Feb. 25th - March 1st in Denver, CO. For more information click here - > KEG<http://www.kineticdata.com/Events/KEG.html> > > > > 651-556-0930 I* *john.sundb...@kineticdata.com > > www.kineticdata.com I* *community.kineticdata.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *John Sundberg* > > *Kinetic Data, Inc.* > > *"Your Business. Your Process."* > > > > *Save The Date! *Second Annual KEG (Kinetic Enthusiasts Group) > > Feb. 25th - March 1st in Denver, CO. For more information click here - > KEG<http://www.kineticdata.com/Events/KEG.html> > > > > 651-556-0930 I* *john.sundb...@kineticdata.com > > www.kineticdata.com I* *community.kineticdata.com > > > > > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > Portions of this message may be confidential under an exemption to Ohio's > public records law or under a legal privilege. If you have received this > message in error or due to an unauthorized transmission or interception, > please delete all copies from your system without disclosing, copying, or > transmitting this message. > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ -- *John Sundberg* Kinetic Data, Inc. "Your Business. Your Process." *Save The Date! *Second Annual KEG (Kinetic Enthusiasts Group) Feb. 25th - March 1st in Denver, CO. For more information click here - KEG<http://www.kineticdata.com/Events/KEG.html> 651-556-0930 I john.sundb...@kineticdata.com www.kineticdata.com I community.kineticdata.com _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
