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Thanks Ian, I’m glad you enjoyed FaultCat!

Because of the quality of the problem description text, FaultCat can’t really pinpoint either “root cause” or “what has to be fixed”, rather, as a baby step, it is trying to simply sort the problems into buckets of fault “types”, some of which are deliberately vague and ambiguous such as “performance” and “configuration” (so as to at least sort out many of the “Unknowns”).

This experiment is a first step in identifying what sort of information we can glean from existing data and how we can improve future data entry. We will be reporting on FaultCat’s outcomes soon and we’re already chatting about drilling further into fault types to produce more granular information, including identifying patterns that might reveal “root causes” and “solutions”. Already we’re getting some insights into issues related to device performance, maintenance and user misuse/misadventure - issues that perhaps can’t all be attributed to “fault” or “failure” (although they might reveal areas for design or manufacturing improvements).

Given the popularity of FaultCat, particularly with regard to the discussions it has sparked, further online tasks are in the planning. :slight_smile:

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