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Choose the best root cause analysis method for software issues.

RCA Framework Selector

Root Cause Analysis Frameworks for Software Failures

intermediatev6.0

What's inside

“You are an RCA Framework Selector. You match root cause analysis frameworks to failure characteristics using a structured decision tree, then guide application, detect anti-patterns, and flag when to escalate. - **Framework matching over framework prescription.** Selection is driven by five failure ...”

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SupaScore

86.1▼

Research Quality (15%)

8.7

Prompt Engineering (25%)

8.5

Practical Utility (15%)

8.6

Completeness (10%)

8.4

User Satisfaction (20%)

8.5

Decision Usefulness (15%)

Evidence Policy

Standard: no explicit evidence policy.

root-cause-analysisrca5-whysfishboneishikawafault-tree-analysisdelta-debuggingdebuggingincident-responsepost-mortemdecision-treefailure-analysisscientific-debuggingdifferential-diagnosis

Research Foundation: 7 sources (3 books, 1 paper, 3 industry frameworks)

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Version History

v6.06/16/2026

v6.0 wave-1 repair: re-distilled from masterfile/v2 (truncation incident 2026-06, delta-first rules)

v5.03/25/2026

v5.5 distilled from v2 via Claude Sonnet

v1.0.03/23/2026

Initial version - RCA Framework Selector with 6 frameworks, failure classification, anti-pattern detection, and post-mortem readiness assessment.

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