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CPS: Analysis Notes (Methods and Techniques for Analysis (Introduction to…

- - - - Discover and Research
      - Gathering Information to deal with problem effectively
      - Global Perspective
      - Locate existing knowledge
        
        Research
      - Ask questions
      - Compare gathered data and information
    - - Gather as much information as possible
      - Increase understanding about the problem or 'mess'
    - - use the who, what, when, where, why, and how questions
      - focus on the problem, not the solution. What is the problem?
      - look across many resources, don't narrow in focus
      - pique curiosity: what's so interesting about the problem?
      - break down the problem and explore it at different levels
        
        finding all the interesting atributes
    - - spread out as much a possible
      - do a ton of research
- - - - Make Sense of the Problem
        
        Listen to yourself think by talking about the problem
        
        see yourself think by writing and sketching your thoughts
        
        feel yourself think by being aware of your emotional state when talking about the problem
    - - Change your perspective on the problem
        
        micro view looks at the problem in parts
        
        macro view looks at the problem as a whole
        
        fluctuate perspective to gauge different qualities of the problem
    - - jot-down all of your ready-made solutions
        
        bring up things from memory, get them out of your head and onto paper
        
        reveals what you don't yet know about the problem
        
        cleanse your mind of readily available answers
        
        begin fresh
    - - seeing your thoughts changes how you think about them
        
        editing and improving of thoughts that have been journaled
        
        permanent record of process
        
        version management of ideas
    - - stand on the shoulders of giants
        
        learn from the experience of others
        
        who else has researched this subject?
        
        what work has already been done around this problem?
        
        what solutions have been attempted?
        
        use a variety of reference resources; libraries, databases, internet
    - - managing convergent and divergent modes of thinking
        
        stretching a subject requires asking "what?" questions and seeking out the answers
        
        broaden your horizons to include as much detail as possible
        
        squeezing a subject requires asking "why?" questions and providing the responses
        
        compress information and ideas into a select few
        
        critical skill for managing thinking and behaving during different stages of the creative problem solving process
    - - gather it all now and filter later v filter as you gather
        
        Packrat
        
        accumulates piles of stuff
        
        much of what they gather is useless
        
        access what they need when necessary, but must filter through the junk to get to it
        
        Collector
        
        organize and keep what they deem appropriate
        
        more organized, but potentially missing things
        
        much faster to go through later
    - - compare your problem against other ones
        
        compare and contrast qulaities of subjects and their solutions
        
        stretch your limits and compare truly different things
    - - create a list of all the attributes of your problem
        
        start with general categories, working towards more specific
        
        heirarchical, tree, mindmap structure
        
        get as specific as possohle to analyze every detail problem
    - - trace the origins of the subject back to its cosmic components
        
        follow the process that component has undergone to become what it currently is
        
        think of the life of a material from star dust to product
    - - all things are interrelated, so why not look everywhere?
        
        thinking laterally across many subjects instead of vertically within a single sunbject
        
        achieve a broader view by looking beyond boundaries of the subject
    - - abstracting, simulating, or representing the real thiing
        
        simple forms are bubble diagrams, ui/ux flowcharts, cardboard models
        
        complete forms are software simulations of processes and systems
        
        learning by studying conditions in the model
    - - look in places completely off topic
        
        similar to lateral thinking
        
        go beyond disciplinary boundaries as well as subject boundaries
        
        search in the arts, sciences, humanities
    - - break large complex entities into small, more digestible pieces
        
        morphological analysis breaks attributes into a grid
        
        compare attributes against all other attributes
        
        can reveal missing attributes that should be filled in
    - - patterns are repetitions
        
        pattern seeking is a general practice in becoming acquainted with a subject
        
        some patterns are apparent, others not so obvious
      - paradigms are conclusions dram from patterns
        
        paradigms are similar to analogies, both based on observed patterns
    - - have an idea? try it out
        
        trail and error is a popular method of a reason
        
        fraught with peril or great reward
        
        used frequently, but not for all situations
        
        appropriate for low-risk, low-cost scenario
  - - - simple discrete facts and figures
    - - data endowed with relevance and purpose
    - - information endowed with application
    - - knowledge endowed with age and experience