Friday, February 24, 2012

Problem Solving techniques


1) The starting point is always the observation of anomalies/defects  in an existing system or pattern.
2) You reason on those anomalies/defects in your head, alone.
3) You come up with a possible response, alone.
4) You visualize in your head how this response would actually works. This should be practiced until you see it working smoothly from beginning to end. You do this alone.
5) Finally you set to work in order to bring this response into practice. Either alone or in a group-work.
6) Working alone: It forces you to know what you're doing, and every part of this. So you can have a deeper understanding. Plus, there's nobody to tell you what to do (For ex. "maybe if you did xx that would be better!"). So you find your own solution.
7) So when working  on your own, you gain more experience. It doesn't mean you shouldn't share it back. But you need to get some stuff done from A to Z if you want to be able to think by yourself.