Question

youve broken the project into structured phases which helped identify major tasks required to successfully complete your plan. you begin to realize each phase also contains multiple parts to address and problems that need to be solved. you focus even more on what actions other than community awareness will be needed to increase donations.
your goal of increasing donations by 10 percent is very aggressive, given that donations have remained steady for the last two years. prior to the last two years, donations had been slowly declining for several years. you realize solving this part of the problem presents major challenges.
whats the best way for you to begin breaking down the problem?

• ignore the problems and hope donations increase on their own.
• identify the main factors that need to be addressed to increase donations.
• focus only on the easiest issues to resolve.
• listen to suggestions from a few volunteers and focus on addressing all of them.

Explanation:

To solve the problem of increasing donations by 10% (a challenging goal given past donation trends), a structured, analytical approach is needed. Ignoring the problem is passive and unlikely to yield results. Focusing only on easy issues ignores critical barriers to meeting the aggressive target. Relying solely on a few volunteers' suggestions risks narrow, unrepresentative solutions. Identifying core factors first provides a clear, data-driven foundation to address the problem systematically.

Answer:

Identify the main factors that need to be addressed to increase donations.