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DATA-FINDING
OUTCOME: A current description of the situation. A gathering of relevant facts that
may act as jumping-off points for the thinking and idea-generating process. In the Four
Stage map of the creative problem solving process, "Preparation -Incubation --
Illumination -- Verification," Data-Finding falls in the "Preparation"
stage.
Tip! The temptation will be strong to jump to solutions before the problem has been
well-defined. Resisting this temptation will allow for maximum novelty and appropriateness
of your final solutions.
Step 1: Write your MESS STATEMENT here:
Wouldn't it be nice if...
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Step2: Ask your self a number of questions about the situation. Questions open up the
perceptual and thinking processes. Examples:
- Why is this important?
- Why can't this be ignored?
- What keeps me from getting past this?
- What will I lose if I don't do anything?
- Where, when how does this thing occur?
- Who could help me with this?
- Who stands to gain/lose when this is solved?
- When does this not seem to be a problem?
- What resources do I have?
- What information would I like to have?
- What sources of information are available?
- How did this come about?
- How does this situation affect me?
Step 3. Assign letters to the information indicating the degree of relevance of the
information:
- H = Highly relevant
- M = Medium relevance
- L = Low relevance
Next Step: Problem-Finding
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