Questions For Any Situation

QUESTIONS TO SOLVE VIRTUALLY ANY PROBLEMS
Mission - Purpose - Process CONTENT: Decide how well the solution solves the problem. 19 main questions. 81 total questions. How sure are you that you have identified the real and total problem, or the most fitting purpose for your endeavor? Is your stated aim specific enough? Is your stated aim complete enough? How about opening your mind to the possibility that you have NOT identified the actual problem or the most fitting purpose? How about considering the possibility that you have not yet identified the TOTAL problem or the TOTAL purpose? How possible is it that the actual problem will not be known until you have reached at least a partial solution? Have you been thinking on too small a scale? (Do you suspect that the aim is currently too narrow or too modest?) What do you stand to gain by thinking big? What do you stand to LOSE by thinking big? Have you been thinking on too large a scale? What do you stand to gain by thinking smaller? What do you stand to LOSE by thinking smaller? If you have not yet clarified your basic assumptions: how about listing them now? (What assumptions underlie your stated aim?) What are you taking for granted about the need or the purpose? What do you assume is impossible? What do you assume are the givens? What steps or procedures do you assume are necessary? What facts do you assume to be true? What personality traits or qualities of character do you assume are relevant to the problem or its solution? What external influences do you assume are important to the outcome? What would be an ideal solution to the problem; or what would be an ideal outcome of your efforts? What criteria will you use to determine whether you have accomplished your purpose? If you have not identified specific criteria of success, how about listing them now? How sure are you that the mission or purpose is important