Oftentimes in order to make RCA successful in our organizations we must be humble. What this means is sometimes we may have to let others have credit for our success so that we can get what we want in the end. It is sort of like being in the business of making someone else in authority look good, but in the end they will know who made them look good! This may require at times to work on failures that are "important" to someone important, but not necessarily important to the analysts. Building up these "brownie" points will likely pay off in the future as that "important" person climbs the ladder and remembers who made him or her look good.

Tip provided by Bob Latino
Reliability Center Inc.
http://www.reliability.com