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Catwoe analysis is a method where the problem solving process is effectualized by preparing an exhaustive and comprehensive report based on various perceptual experiences and solutions pertaining to a problem. The report of the Catwoe analysis consists of answers related to the following 6 elements:

  • Client or Customers: They are the final stakeholders or the end-points of any organization and either benefit or suffer losses whenever the system or a process changes. Therefore, this analysis in the first place, recognizes people who would be affected and analyses how a particular change or problem would affect them.
  • Actors: The second step in the process is to identify the change provokers, usually employees.
  • Transformation: It is that change which the system or the process would cause. This also requires to list out the inputs and the nature of change that would convert these inputs into outputs.
  • Weltanschauung: Otherwise means ‘worldview’. The analysis of this element considers the process or the system in its wider context and highlights the positive and negative impact on the overall business of an organization.
Owner: It refers to the person who owns the decision, project, enterprise or an organization