5 Whys
Chapter: Chapter 8 — Tools, Techniques & Practices
ACT/GTM: ACT
Command: /redteam 5-whys
Summary
Section titled “Summary”Iterative why-questions to reach root causes and hidden assumptions.
When to use
Section titled “When to use”15–30 min; incident; recurring symptom fixes.
Method
Section titled “Method”State problem → why? ×5 → validate root → distinguish symptom vs cause.
RedTeam notes
Section titled “RedTeam notes”Category: analytical. RedTeam may extend or alias this technique.
Related
Section titled “Related”Lineage
Section titled “Lineage”Part of The Red Team Handbook, Version 10, maintained by Curate Labs — successor to the defunct UFMCS v9.0 work. See SOURCE.md and NOTICE.md.