Y-statement, post-incident¶
Usefulness¶
This template is useful for describing why an incident happened.
Links¶
This template is based on an amalgamation of reflections of:
Principles by Ray Dalio
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
Work the System by Sam Carpenter
Template¶
The following undesired outcome or occurrence was observed: <YOUR_OBSERVATION_HERE>
The undesired observation was caused by my own prior action or state as follows: <YOUR_PROXIMATE_CAUSE_HERE>
My prior action / state that led to the undesired outcome was caused by the following root causes about one or more of my:
values
desires
needs
beliefs
ability
knowledge
skill
tooling
procedures
<YOUR_ROOT_CAUSES_HERE>