5W1H

5W1H is the abbreviation summarising the following 6 questions:

✅ What?
✅ Who?
✅ Where?
✅ When?
✅ Why?
✅ How?

The 5W1H method breaks down into 3 main stages:

✅ Describing the initial situation
✅ Determinimg the key factors and prioritising them
✅ Proposing solutions and actions

The 5W1H questions can be used to establish the situation (phase 1).

On the basis of the answers and overview obtained, it is possible to find the critical factors (phase 2) and then offer solutions (phase 3).

“I keep six honest serving men. They taught me all I knew. Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who”
Rudyard KIPLING

👉 I love the simplicity of this approach and it has lasted the test of time.

It has many applications right from business planning and strategy through to small projects and problem solving.

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Sean McPheat
CEO at MTD Training