The phrase 5 Ws and H refer to the six fundamental questions to ask while collecting information or addressing an issue. The following are the questions:
- Who?
- What?
- Where?
- When?
- Why?
- How?
The purpose of this strategy is to get a correct response to each question. Answers to all six questions should provide clarity to whatever the questioner is attempting to find, whether it is the solution to a problem, the solution to a riddle, or even the best approach to construct a product.