From Where
Preliminary list of standard 'From Where' questions.
- Where did the problem come from?
- What prompted your need to solve this problem now?
- When did you become aware of the problem?
- What are the origins of the problem?
- What is the source of the problem?
- What is the place where the problem came from?
- What is the root cause of the problem?
- Is there a single cause or are there many?
- What caused the problem? Doing something wrong or failing to do something?
- What are the reasons for the problem?
- What created the problem?
- Who created the problem?
- What added to the problem?
- Who added to the problem?
- How did you get to this place?
- How did the problem originate?
- How did the problem get to its current state?
- How did it develop?
- Did the problem originate through the normal course of events or was there some kind of trigger event?
- What path or trajectory has the problem been on?
- How did the problem get from the place where it originated to here?
- Why hasn’t it been dealt with?
- What have you done before?
- What actions have you already taken that failed to solve the problem?
- How many different ways have you tried to solve the problem?
- How have previous attempts to solve this problem failed?
- What’s holding you back?
