While engaging in decision-making or analysis, one should consider various factors, depending on how many parties participate in the process. It is essential to determine who is responsible for the success or failures when the latter can be amended, or the deadline, and the costs. Other aspects are also relevant, so asking oneself what is the target, even if it is obvious, and why the situation is stable, better than anticipated, or has shortcomings, may be useful. Pondering over additional options by highlighting who else might perform the tasks and whether any extensions are possible to address the issues is also beneficial. Thus, almost all of the presented questions appear to be instrumental in doing an internal analysis.
The most difficult part is, arguably, underlining how something can be done, as there is no immediate solution to it, and the answer will be different depending on the role. Moreover, one question is not sufficient, as the particulars for every participant and stage should be clear-cut (Forest et al., 2020). The one performing the analysis is to consider how to handle the issues and act if they have to be held accountable for the failure (Forest et al., 2020). Other questions may include the ways to facilitate the personnel’s skills to achieve the best result and implement another strategy if the original one does not work as intended (Forest et al., 2020). It is, perhaps, reasonable to address how every minor detail functions to ensure that as few obstacles as possible will arise in the future. Furthermore, analyzing the techniques used in previous cases will also help avoid faulty judgment. Altogether, the how question requires many subsets to clarify every element in the analysis, which might be challenging, but it is useful for determining the existing issues and addressing the potential ones.
Reference
Forrest, J.-L. Y., Nicholls, J., Schimmel, K., & Liu, S. (2020). Managerial decision making: A holistic approach. Springer.