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Problem co-prioritisation canvas

Prioritisation framework

Prioritisation framework template

Overview

It is important to be aware that no static ‘solution’ is possible to a living evolving web of interconnected problems. In addressing complex, systemic problems, by intervening at multiple levels and points of intervention, instead of seeking single 'problem solutions’, we can help to collectively steer the system in the desired direction.1 The problem prioritisation canvas developed during SysteMatic consists of 2 axes for exploring where (relating to health system building blocks2) and how (relating to 3 orders of MLTC systems science) we might intervene.

Application & use

The canvas can be used for:

  • Introducing & testing diverse strategies (diversified problem tackling)
  • Progressing a stream of parallel and prioritised briefs (multiple problems tackling)
  • Targeting multiple system building blocks in each brief (linked problems and building blocks tackling)

References

  1. Van der Bijl-Brouwer, M., & Malcolm, B. (2020). Systemic design principles in social innovation: A study of expert practices and design rationales. She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, 6(3), 386-407. ↩

  2. Indicators, A. H. O. (2010). Monitoring the building blocks of health systems. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Document Production Services. ↩