Problem Framing

Guide production of a Problem statement, Current state, Desired state, Stakeholders, and Success criteria for a problem or issue under exploration. This is an interactive SKILL.

What is covered in this Skill?

• Stating the problem independently of any specific solution
• Describing the current state using observable facts
• Describing the desired state as an outcome, not an implementation mechanism
• Identifying stakeholders affected by, accountable for, or informed about the problem
• Defining success criteria that make problem resolution verifiable
• Feeding a clarified problem frame into 022-root-cause-analysis and the remaining Functional Specification lenses

Constraints

Frame the problem before any deeper analysis. When this technique is orchestrated by another workflow, the orchestrator owns clarifying-question sequencing; when applied standalone, ask directly.