- Programs and projects often jump too quickly to solutions without a genuine understanding of the factors that impede change and innovation at a system level.
- Even with a system mapping exercise in hand, the root causes can be difficult to find.
- Root cause analysis is a tool that provides a quick but systematic analysis of the root causes that impede systemic change and innovation.

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