5W1H

A simple set of question framings was defined by Kipling in his immortal poem: I have six faithful serving men They taught me all I knew Their names are What and Where and When And Why and How and Who They are also known by the less prosaic '5W1H' and are useful for general questioning and probing. Here are some question 'starters for ten'... What What, specifically,...? What next? What else? Where Where else? Where are you? Where, exactly...? When When, exactly, will you...? When will it start/end? When will I know? Why Why does that happen? Why not? (just keep asking 'why?' to find root cause - often around 5 times) How How many? How much? How does it work? Who Who will do this? Who else will do this? Who pays? Who benefits?