The six-letter compass

Remember six plain questions without turning them into a ritual.

A project is late. The team could redraw the work, generate another approach, redefine success, check a fact, trace rework, or change responsibilities.

Which question points at the leading bottleneck?

The core idea

The letters are memory handles: Map, Options, Destination, Evidence, Loop, and System. You usually start with one, not all six.

A compass, not a checklist