- 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.

Root Cause/Problem Tree Analysis | Overseas Development Institute (ODI) | 1 | https://www.odi.org/publications/5258-problem-tree-analysis |