5 w's problem solvingInvestigative Journalist
Solve Problems Like a Journalist: The Who-What-Why Checklist
The 5 W's problem-solving method means interrogating a problem with who, what, when, where, why — plus how — before you attempt any solution. Like a journalist refusing to file a story with holes in it, you keep asking until the problem is fully mapped. Most failed fixes target a problem nobody bothered to understand first.