Compares cause-effect diagrams, interrelationship diagrams, and current reality trees in areas such as perceived ease-of-use and ability to identify root causes. Peer-refereed article by Dr. Anthony Mark Doggett, published in the Journal of Industrial Technology, April 2004.

Article proposing analysis of root contradictions as a quicker, less data-intensive method to achieve effective problem solutions. Hosted at the TRIZ Journal.

Concise description of root cause analysis from a systems perspective, with reference to classic system archetypes. By Gene Bellinger.

Article from the July 2004 issue of Quality Progress, published by the American Society for Quality. By James Rooney and Lee Vanden Heuvel.

Short article providing a statistical argument for targeting improvement efforts using root cause analysis instead of traditional problem solving. By Arthur Schneiderman.