Compare options and competing needs · D1.5

Compare practical solutions

You have defined a problem and need to choose an approach.

Everyday practice

Try these steps

1. Write the desired result and the constraints a solution must respect.
2. Generate two or three feasible options, including asking for help or changing the scope.
3. Compare effort, likely benefit, and drawbacks; choose one next step and a way to tell whether it helped.

An example

For a missing document, I can search the shared folder, ask the sender, or recreate it; asking first costs the least effort.

Reflect

Which constraint most influenced the choice?

Next time

Review the result and change course if the option does not address the problem.