Elevating the process to include high-level policymakers.Interested parties that are effective champions at an earlystage of the policy process may be unable to remove keyobstacles to reform once later stages of the policy process—design or implementation—are reached. This is commonwhen various policies are in sharp conflict with each other,or when new policies engender significant budgetary requirements. At times, it may be necessary to involve decision-makers at a higher level of government — for example, at the ministerial level rather than a lower technical staff level — to ensure that a broader perspective of benefits and costs are considered. This is an example of adaptive management in the policy reform process. Management of the process using a participatory and consultative process will more easily enable policy reform managers to anticipate obstacles to policy adoption and bring in additional champions.