Datum
Define the problem before you try to solve it.
WIMD starts by making the problem sentence explicit. Only then does it test whether that sentence points to the real constraint.
It does not decide for you. It helps you get precise enough to test one honest move in the next 48 hours.
What this asks of you
Name the current situation, define success, identify the obstacle, choose a 48-hour move, reduce the plan, ask for help well, define proof, and design the smallest test.
Before question 1
Do not polish the answer. Locate it.
Use the current truth. A few clear sentences are enough. If you are unsure, open support where you are. Support will not advance the question.
- 01Name the problem in one sentence.
- 02Define what success would look like in 4 to 6 weeks.
- 03Find the obstacle between current state and goal.
- 04Choose a 48-hour move, then reduce, ask, prove, and test.
Name The Problem
What is the problem I am trying to solve, in one sentence?
Name the stated problem first. The instrument can test whether it is the real one.
Stay on this question.
Write a fragment, a doubt, or the phrase you keep circling. This help does not record an answer and does not move you forward.
Review
Your answers are the evidence.
The next step would synthesize the eight responses into an interpretation, a 48-hour action, and the uncertainty to keep in view. This prototype does not run production synthesis.
Output structure
The action cannot be buried under analysis.
Likely delta
The system should name the gap without pretending certainty.
Evidence
The read must point back to the user's PS101 answers, especially the problem, success, obstacle, and proof answers.
48-hour test
One concrete action should be the dominant output.