"What's the Problem?"

Present State / Desired State

Present State

Desired State

Many bullets penetrating aircraft

Fewer planes being shot down

Present State

Desired State

Many bullets penetrating aircraft

Fewer bullet holes penetrating aircraft

Folger & LeBlanc

Not really a match since there are planes that are surviving that still have bullet

holes. There is not a one-to-one mapping of all the needs of the present state

being addressed and resolved in the desired state.

These states are matched but the distinction between states is not

clear enough. Only one good shot to a critical area on the plane can

still bring the plane down.


	Remember, one way we could’ve gotten to the point would’ve been to search for the purpose for solving the problem. In this case, this purposes may have been two-fold:
	•save the crew’s lives
	•save valuable military property