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The Five Whys technique is a great thing to use if you want to understand why something happened (or keeps happening), whether that's a current internal process or as part of a fundraising campaign review.
It’s based on creating a problem statement and then asking yourselves “why” five times to breakdown the problem.
After answering the ‘whys' you should be able to identify a counter-measure to stop the problem arising again. This may be a single or multiple actions.
Learn more about how the Five Whys technique
You can read more about the technique and how to use it in this guide.
This template for you to download and use is a single-lane simple version of the Five Whys technique.
To download the template, simply click the button below and then save or print the PDF. You can then simply copy the framework onto a white board or similar, or use the printed version.
