Overview
Five Ws and H is a checklist to make sure that, as you develop a new project or idea, you consider a range of questions.
The tool
The Five Ws and H refer to:
- Who?
- What?
- Where?
- When?
- Why?
- How?
Strengths
- Quick to apply.
- Easy to use.
Weaknesses
- You may find that you miss some specific questions that should be to be considered, even though the main question types are included in the tool.
- Responses to the questions in the checklist are usually facts, and you may therefore overlook actions or problems that also need to be considered.
Similar to
Five Ws and H should not be confused with Starbursting. Although they use the same prompts, Starbursting generates additional, and more detailed, questions, whereas the objective of The Five Ws and H is to gather answers.