Problem and Objective Analysis
Once identified, the stakeholder group should meet and conduct a facilitated
discussion to further identify and clearly state the primary or “focal” problem that
needs to be resolved. The group will then create a “problem tree”, which lists the socalled “sub-problems” that are related to or causes of the “focal problem.”
The next step is to reformulate all elements in the problem tree into positive,
desirable conditions – these are the objectives. It may then be necessary to revise the objective statements and the relationships between objectives to ensure validity and completeness, and to delete objectives which appear unrealistic or unnecessary and create new objectives where necessary.
The Problem and Objective analysis is typically a facilitated workshop. The
participants shall represent all the stakeholders identified in the stakeholder analysis.
The reports on situation analysis shall be distributed to the participants beforehand as a basis for the discussion.