If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the questions, and only five minutes finding the answers - attributed to Albert Einstein.
When we hear a proposed solution to an observed problem and those making that proposal have not determined the Root Cause of that problem, it's best to ignore their advice, unless that root cause is obvious.
This is a common occurrence in the project management and product development domain. The result of this approach is a solution looking for a problem to solve.
Here's a source of information of applying Root Cause Analysis to a problem encountered while spending other people's money to produce value in products, services, or fulfilling a business or government mission.
