• Identification of grand objective
• Identification of first sub-objective or diagnosis
• Planning phase
  • How will you approach the problem within the confines of your organization?
• Action phase
  • Emphasis must be on how you will facilitate this phase as you employ appreciative inquiry / action research (AI/AR) values. (If you are not sure, hypothesize what you believe would be the best approach.)
• Facilitation of the reflection phase

Identify the new knowledge created during the cycle (covering "What? So what?