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An overview of the Osborn-Parnes creative problem solving process, with a dash of Forth wisdom.
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Osborn – Parnes
Creative Education Foundation
CREATIVEPROBLEM SOLVING
PROCESS
CPS PROCESS
• Created 1950s
• Alex Osborn & Dr. Sidney J. Parnes
• Follows natural human process
• Three stages, six steps
TYPICAL APPROACH• Gather around the whiteboard
• Present the Problem
• Ask for Ideas
• Shoot Down Ideas
• Reach Uncomfortable Consensus.
THREE STAGES• Explore the Challenge
• Generate Ideas
• Prepare for Action
SIX STEPS – EXPLORATION
SIX STEPS – EXPLORATION• Objective Finding
• Fact Finding
• Problem Finding
SIX STEPS – IDEAS
SIX STEPS – IDEAS• Idea Finding
SIX STEPS – SOLUTIONS
SIX STEPS – SOLUTIONS• Solution Finding
• Acceptance Finding
WHAT’S WITH THE ARROWS DUDE?
DIVERGENCE AND CONVERGENCE• Brainstorming Done Right
DIVERGENCE• Creative Process
• Gather Many Options
• No Judgement!
• Write It All Down
• Move Quickly.
CONVERGENCE• Analytical Process
• Reduce the Options
• Apply Judgement
• Write It All Down
• Move Less Quickly
DIVERGENCE AND CONVERGENCE• Brainstorming Done Right
• Divergence – Exploring Ideas
• Convergence – Selecting Ideas
SIX STEPS
FACILITATION• Select one Person as a Guide
• They Oversee Each Step
• Keep People On Track.
FORTH WISDOM• Forth?
• Restate the Problem Until it Goes Away
• Identify and Reject Your Illusions – Things that don’t help
• Identify and Reject Non-Problems
• Simplify Viciously
• Write 90% Less Code – And Make It Awesome!
CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING• Use The Process
• Use The Principles
• Embrace Simplicity
Life is too short to do anything else.
MAKE AWESOME HAPPEN