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## [Root Cause Analysis Steps PMP Exam Guide](https://resources.educate360.com/root-cause-analysis-steps-pmp-exam-guide)

 By: [Project Management Academy](https://resources.educate360.com/author/project-management-academy)  May 27th, 2021

 No matter how well-planned, a project can always run into some problems. After a problem occurs, it is crucial for you to understand what happened, why, and how to fix it and prevent it from happening again. To do this, you need root cause analysis.

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