DT Methods 5 Why
DT Methods 5 Why
DT Methods 5 Why
About: The “5 Whys” method is a dead simple – ask 5 why to explore the root cause of a problem
Why: Used to dig deep into your users and uncover useful insights about their behavior.
How to apply? Quite literally, it involves asking your users “Why?” whenever they explain something to
you. When you ask “Why?”, you will prompt someone to re-evaluate their position in order to dig a little
deeper into their own reasoning.
Benefits:
This process bring great insights while allowing you to dig deeper in order to find the root cause(s) of
their behaviors.
Practicing the “5 Whys” method is also useful to get you used to the idea of asking your interviewees
or users “Why?”, even though you think you already know the answer.
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DT-Methods – 5 Why? example
Issue: Customer satisfaction score decreased from 4 to 2 due to the issues with the billing.
Why the new process is not working as the customer gets feedback on their issues on time?
The new agreed process is not know by the local site representative in terms of how to raise an issue about the monthly billing and who to address. Even the
local DXC representative not knowledgeable about the new process.
Why the DXC local representatives are not informed about the process changes on account level?
There is no e-mail communications about the account related changes incl. the processes (asset management, billing, invoicing) to the local site
representatives. Meetings if such organized, are not attended by all site managers. Notification about the porcess changes not communicated when the monthly
invoice sent.
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