If you're in a compliance-based system, a checklist is basically all you need. “Is the tire pressure right?”, the deputy minister has asked many times. But what happens if you want to understand why you found or why it appeared that all of the tires had low pressure? That goes beyond that. It goes beyond that, to maybe something the organization isn't doing correctly. Maybe it goes to some human factors elements.
On June 5th, 2008. See this statement in context.