A government analyst and secret intelligence commentator draws on his personal expertise in the area of high-stakes decision making to outline a groundbreaking approach to effective problem solving. --Publsiher's description.

The art of thinking backward -- What's the question? -- The drivers -- Measuring performance -- What about the data? -- What are we missing? -- The finish line -- Where are the traps? Thoughts on bias -- A practitioner's checklist -- Learing from mistakes, original documentation.