WHAT ARE THE FACTS OF THE PROBLEM

1. What are the facts of the problem?

Be thorough with this one. Do your homework. The act of

listing the facts can be the shortest route to revealing an

obvious problem.

A form like the “Fact-Recap Sheet” shown here provides a

simple but solid way to organize your thoughts and shape

a plan of action.

Fact-Recap Sheet

Known

Numbered by

First step

Second

What created

What would prevent

problems

importance

to take

step

the problem?

recurrence?

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