Problem Solving

Everything in this category

• Set selection criteria before choosing

  Separate requirements from preferences.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Ask someone to review your reasoning

  Share a brief problem, options and evidence.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Describe the problem before proposing a fix

  Describe a concrete blockage.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Write a bounded lesson from one solution

  Summarize the problem, attempt and observations.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Record reasons before an important choice

  Write the decision and feasible options.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Describe an option's opportunity cost

  Identify a limited resource such as time or budget.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Write down untested assumptions

  Mark statements based on guesses.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Inspect a chart's axes and time range

  Read units, time range and axis baseline.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Normalize baht figures before comparison

  Check whether amounts are per unit, month or year.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Look for repeated problems in records

  Collect dated events for a defined period.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Check a trial's unintended effects

  Ask who received extra work beyond the target result.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Set a stopping condition for a trial

  Set money, time and unacceptable-outcome limits.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Identify the missing information that matters

  List the options being compared.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Test a solution on a small scale

  Choose a small suitable area or task period.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Review a decision that went wrong

  Reconstruct information available on the decision date.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Revisit reasoning when new information arrives

  Identify which assumption the new information affects.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Record confidence before seeing the outcome

  Write the predicted outcome and date.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Assess the support behind a claim

  State exactly what is claimed and for whom.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Consider who else is affected

  List users, cost bearers and maintainers.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Consider the opposing perspective

  Choose one view you disagree with.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Identify reversible decisions

  Describe immediate consequences of the choice.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Separate urgency from importance

  List actual deadlines.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Distinguish association from causation

  Identify the two associated variables.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Separate symptoms from suspected causes

  Record the observed symptom, such as a backlog location.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Collect facts about a problem

  Define which facts you need.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Explain a problem to an outsider

  Explain the goal, event and attempts plainly.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Map a blocked workflow

  Trace one item from intake to delivery.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Create alternatives beyond the first idea

  Write the first idea.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Find a bottleneck using actual times

  Choose comparable work examples.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified

• Look for a counterexample to your conclusion

  State the conclusion and its scope.

  Time, cost and impact: not specified