Measure and evaluate the consequences of the decision. Decision making is more than deciding. Each of the steps in the proposed process are important - each can be an important flaw in the way a person makes a decision. Some people have observed that a problem well defined is half solved. You may have had a teacher say that you had a good answer but to a different question.
Optimists see problems as opportunities.
There is a standard that can be used to measure how well we are doing. There is a deviation from the standard i.e. what is happening is different from what we want to happen. A person is committed to find a solution i.e. someone has to care about the difference between what is happening and what the person wanted to happen. The definition of a problem is simple enough but recognizing problems can be difficult. The complexity of today's dairy farms makes it hard in many cases to get to real problems, to get beyond symptoms or to see trees rather than a forest.