Gathering the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the situation is which step in the decision making process? Assessing Evaluating Deciding Deliberating

Assessing

Explanation:

This is all done during the first stage of the decision making process which is Assessing/Identifying the problem. Like mentioned in the question this stage revolves around identifying all the key factors surrounding the problem, including the who, what, when, where, why, and how, in order to then gather the correct and necessary information so that a solution can be created in the later stages of the process.