1 What is your goal?
If you don't know your goal, your objective is to figure out your goal. Go to The Problem.
Are you planning a trial run?
The objective of a trial run is to find out what improvements
your plan needs.
Ignore the hints if you don't need them
You may want to give your brain a warm up. Brain Warm-up
2. What are the main things you have to do?
Just list them in any order.
Use language you can see.
Just write the main steps first. You can fill in the details later.
Which ones need help from other people?
You will get better work out of your brain if you write your answers and keep them around. If you have trouble writing your answers, it is because parts of your brain don't understand what you think you know.
Chop jobs into joblets
Help from your head
Vulcan
Un
Engineer
Engineer(2)
Head team
Hunter
3. What sequence will
work best?
You may want to make a list.
You deserve a break right now. Save this box till later.
4. Goal for this page: Make a plan I believe in.
The plan starts where I am now.
The plan takes me to where I want to go.
I know the result of each step.
I know how to decide whether I am satisfied with the result of each step.
I've got a plan I believe in.
Do it now.
Or check out the barriers now.
Maybe I should look at other options.
I need more ideas. Idea Page
Some of these steps look complicated.
Turkey problems
Or use this design with
Semi-Structured Brainstorming
Thinkerer's Kit. Thinkerer.org Copyright ©D. F. Dansereau & S. H. Evans, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Problemater's Kit
(.pdf)
Tools for brains that feed on problems