A goal analysis identifies the steps required to achieve a goal by sequencing the major operations and decisions. It involves two steps: identifying and sequencing the steps, and classifying the goal statement. The analysis also determines the skills and knowledge needed to complete the goals using Gagne's domains of learning, which include intellectual skills, cognitive strategies, verbal information, attitudes, and motor skills. These are analyzed and a flowchart is created to chart the steps in the most efficient order through a step-by-step description of achieving the goal. Not all goals follow a traditional sequential process, as some like analyzing verbal information are achieved by topic rather than discrete steps.