Root Cause Analysis

I've enjoyed problem solving from a young age. This enjoyment has lead me to the career I currently have and plan to have for some time to come. Yet I've never thought about trying to improve this skill until recently.

At our quarterly retrospective we identified root cause analysis as the main practice that would bring the team maximum benefit. We've struggled with how to do this and promote it within the team because we haven't found (haven't searched hard enough to find?) much documentation about how to approach applying root cause analysis. So I've just started to be far more critical in my day to day problem solving and I've noticed a big difference in my ability to understand and fix issues. I feel as if my ability to see the issue has increased by magnitudes and with this I've found it easier to address the root cause and be far more effective in my job.

I guess there is always room for improvement, even with something that may be considered a strength...