pig-farm-controller/bmad/cis/workflows/problem-solving/solving-methods.csv

1	category	method_name	description	facilitation_prompts
2	diagnosis	Five Whys Root Cause	Drill down through layers of symptoms to uncover true root cause by asking why five times	Why did this happen?|Why is that the case?|Why does that occur?|What's beneath that?|What's the root cause?
3	diagnosis	Fishbone Diagram	Map all potential causes across categories - people process materials equipment environment - to systematically explore cause space	What people factors contribute?|What process issues?|What material problems?|What equipment factors?|What environmental conditions?
4	diagnosis	Problem Statement Refinement	Transform vague complaints into precise actionable problem statements that focus solution effort	What exactly is wrong?|Who is affected and how?|When and where does it occur?|What's the gap between current and desired?|What makes this a problem?
5	diagnosis	Is/Is Not Analysis	Define problem boundaries by contrasting where problem exists vs doesn't exist to narrow investigation	Where does problem occur?|Where doesn't it?|When does it happen?|When doesn't it?|Who experiences it?|Who doesn't?|What pattern emerges?
6	diagnosis	Systems Thinking	Map interconnected system elements feedback loops and leverage points to understand complex problem dynamics	What are system components?|What relationships exist?|What feedback loops?|What delays occur?|Where are leverage points?
7	analysis	Force Field Analysis	Identify driving forces pushing toward solution and restraining forces blocking progress to plan interventions	What forces drive toward solution?|What forces resist change?|Which are strongest?|Which can we influence?|What's the strategy?
8	analysis	Pareto Analysis	Apply 80/20 rule to identify vital few causes creating majority of impact worth solving first	What causes exist?|What's the frequency or impact of each?|What's the cumulative impact?|What vital few drive 80%?|Focus where?
9	analysis	Gap Analysis	Compare current state to desired state across multiple dimensions to identify specific improvement needs	What's current state?|What's desired state?|What gaps exist?|How big are gaps?|What causes gaps?|Priority focus?
10	analysis	Constraint Identification	Find the bottleneck limiting system performance using Theory of Constraints thinking	What's the constraint?|What limits throughput?|What should we optimize?|What happens if we elevate constraint?|What's next constraint?
11	analysis	Failure Mode Analysis	Anticipate how solutions could fail and engineer preventions before problems occur	What could go wrong?|What's likelihood?|What's impact?|How do we prevent?|How do we detect early?|What's mitigation?
12	synthesis	TRIZ Contradiction Matrix	Resolve technical contradictions using 40 inventive principles from pattern analysis of patents	What improves?|What worsens?|What's the contradiction?|What principles apply?|How to resolve?
13	synthesis	Lateral Thinking Techniques	Use provocative operations and random entry to break pattern-thinking and access novel solutions	Make a provocation|Challenge assumptions|Use random stimulus|Escape dominant ideas|Generate alternatives
14	synthesis	Morphological Analysis	Systematically explore all combinations of solution parameters to find non-obvious optimal configurations	What are key parameters?|What options exist for each?|Try different combinations|What patterns emerge?|What's optimal?
15	synthesis	Biomimicry Problem Solving	Learn from nature's 3.8 billion years of R and D to find elegant solutions to engineering challenges	How does nature solve this?|What biological analogy?|What principles transfer?|How to adapt?
16	synthesis	Synectics Method	Make strange familiar and familiar strange through analogies to spark creative problem-solving breakthrough	What's this like?|How are they similar?|What metaphor fits?|What does that suggest?|What insight emerges?
17	evaluation	Decision Matrix	Systematically evaluate solution options against weighted criteria for objective selection	What are options?|What criteria matter?|What weights?|Rate each option|Calculate scores|What wins?
18	evaluation	Cost Benefit Analysis	Quantify expected costs and benefits of solution options to support rational investment decisions	What are costs?|What are benefits?|Quantify each|What's payback period?|What's ROI?|What's recommended?
19	evaluation	Risk Assessment Matrix	Evaluate solution risks across likelihood and impact dimensions to prioritize mitigation efforts	What could go wrong?|What's probability?|What's impact?|Plot on matrix|What's risk score?|Mitigation plan?
20	evaluation	Pilot Testing Protocol	Design small-scale experiments to validate solutions before full implementation commitment	What will we test?|What's success criteria?|What's the test plan?|What data to collect?|What did we learn?|Scale or pivot?
21	evaluation	Feasibility Study	Assess technical operational financial and schedule feasibility of solution options	Is it technically possible?|Operationally viable?|Financially sound?|Schedule realistic?|Overall feasibility?
22	implementation	PDCA Cycle	Plan Do Check Act iteratively to implement solutions with continuous learning and adjustment	What's the plan?|Execute plan|Check results|What worked?|What didn't?|Adjust and repeat
23	implementation	Gantt Chart Planning	Visualize project timeline with tasks dependencies and milestones for execution clarity	What are tasks?|What sequence?|What dependencies?|What's the timeline?|Who's responsible?|What milestones?
24	implementation	Stakeholder Mapping	Identify all affected parties and plan engagement strategy to build support and manage resistance	Who's affected?|What's their interest?|What's their influence?|What's engagement strategy?|How to communicate?
25	implementation	Change Management Protocol	Systematically manage organizational and human dimensions of solution implementation	What's changing?|Who's impacted?|What resistance expected?|How to communicate?|How to support transition?|How to sustain?
26	implementation	Monitoring Dashboard	Create visual tracking system for key metrics to ensure solution delivers expected results	What metrics matter?|What targets?|How to measure?|How to visualize?|What triggers action?|Review frequency?
27	creative	Assumption Busting	Identify and challenge underlying assumptions to open new solution possibilities	What are we assuming?|What if opposite were true?|What if assumption removed?|What becomes possible?
28	creative	Random Word Association	Use random stimuli to force brain into unexpected connection patterns revealing novel solutions	Pick random word|How does it relate?|What connections emerge?|What ideas does it spark?|Make it relevant
29	creative	Reverse Brainstorming	Flip problem to how to cause or worsen it then reverse insights to find solutions	How could we cause this problem?|How make it worse?|What would guarantee failure?|Now reverse insights|What solutions emerge?
30	creative	Six Thinking Hats	Explore problem from six perspectives - facts emotions benefits risks creativity process - for comprehensive view	White facts?|Red feelings?|Yellow benefits?|Black risks?|Green alternatives?|Blue process?
31	creative	SCAMPER for Problems	Apply seven problem-solving lenses - Substitute Combine Adapt Modify Purposes Eliminate Reverse	What to substitute?|What to combine?|What to adapt?|What to modify?|Other purposes?|What to eliminate?|What to reverse?