Decision Making Tool 1.2 Detailing Problem Elements

Instructions for Use: Insert the three priority areas from Decision Making Tool 1.1 in the first column of the table, in order of priority. Complete each column for each area to develop problem elements. Be as specific as possible under each element, depending on the information presently available. If anecdotal information is used, that is to say, information with no evidence is presently available, state “we think/we believe.” Afterwards, complete the problem statement formula below with information detailed in each column.

Priority Area	What's the Problem?	How Much Happens? Data	Where?	When?	To Whom? Audience	Why? Cause	What Impacts? Result
Example: Provide water services on a fee basis.	People on piped water service boil drinking water even though tested and safe to drink.	83.7%	In all four peri-urban villages serviced by our organization with piped water.	Year- round.	Female-headed households. Most with four or more children.	Believe that the piped water is still unsafe for drinking. Taught by several non-governmental programs to boil all water for drinking, especially water given to children.	Women waste money by boiling water unnecessarily -up to $1 per day. Households see no value in piped water.
Problem Statement based on above example: Year-round, in all four peri-urban villages serviced with piped water by our utility, 83.7% of female-headed households with four or more children boil drinking water even though the water has been tested and is safe to drink. These women waste as much as $1 per day. Reportedly, these households see no value in piped water.
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Priority 2
Priority 3

Compile the problem statement here and write it on Product 2: Overview of Research. Use the first priority as the starting point.

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Decision Making Tool 1.2 Detailing Problem Elements

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