Values Suitability Analysis for National Forest Planning Step 1 Inventory of Ecosystem Values. Step 2 Identify range of potential management prescriptions. Step 3 Identify range of activities/uses for each prescription. Step 4 Develop individual value/activity consistency matrix. Step 5 Develop activity/prescription interaction matrix. Step 6 Develop activity/prescription consistency scoring matrix. Step 7 Develop value/prescription consistency scoring matrices. Step 8 Develop management area/prescription consistency matrix. Step 9 Assign prescriptions to management areas.