More on the Eightfold Path

Define the problem

• First internal step: "What's the story" rather than "What's the problem"
• Lay out a timeline, with other relevant political and policy developments

Assemble some evidence

• Using analogies K-U-P/L-D
• Distinguish known from unknown and presumed
• List similarities and differences

Construct the alternatives

• Look for past federal and state legislation
• Brainstorming and Rolestorming  
• JFK and Excomm
• Logic Model Development Guide (Bardach, p. 28)

Select the criteria

South Park explains confusion between alternatives and criteria (Bardach pp. 46-47):

Project the outcomes.  Ask:

• What odds will you give that your presumption proves correct?  What would you bet?
• What fresh facts would cause you to change your presumption?

Confront the tradeoffs

• Tradeoff triangles

Decide!
Tell your story

• The SUCCES Model