As a general answer I like to take sort of "5 whys" approach. Try to list all the contexts and constraints to the problem so that I can see potential conflictin

As a general answer I like to take sort of "5 whys" approach. Try to list all the contexts and constraints to the problem so that I can see potential conflicting/circular dependencies. This sometimes results in conflict identification something like "X is blocked by Y, but Y is blocked by Z". Maybe there is additional "Z is blocked by X", maybe it results in problem restatement to "solve Z".