Root Cause Analysis Glossary Definition

Root cause analysis is a structured effort to identify the underlying causes of a problem rather than only treating visible symptoms.

Root-Cause Analysis is a DevOps operations and reliability concept used to observe service behavior, respond to failures, and improve resilience over time.

In learning projects, it helps determine whether training, process redesign, better documentation, system changes, or management action is needed.

Site Reliability Engineering and operations teams use this concept to measure service health, investigate incidents, and turn operational learning into improvement.

Related concepts include DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Observability and Incident Response.

Additional Resource: Google Site Reliability Engineering Book.