The thinker's toolkit
An invaluable resource for any manager or professional, this book offers a collection of proven, practical methods for simplifying any problem and making faster, better decisions every time.From the Hardcover edition.
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What Hacker News says
- You are overthinking it.
See my comment here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46986532
Also see a concrete example of an Engineering Notebook from a time when they were common, posted by user JetSetIlly here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46985832
On What and How to Write:
The book The Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving by Morgan Jones gives you a catalog of structured techniques for problem solving which you can use in your own writing.
Addendum to the above book's catalog would be "Decision Tables" (useful for all types of decision-making and not just software engineering); How to Use a Decision Table Methodology to Analyze Complex Conditional Actions Requirements in Software Development - https://www.methodsandtools.com/archive/archive.php?id=39
- Ah, this is a more general question on which it is hard to give specific suggestions because "problem-solving" can mean anything/everything without knowing your exact context.
However you might want to start with The Thinker's Toolkit by Morgan Jones. This gives you a catalog of models which teaches you to structure your requirements born from problem analysis in various ways to aid problem-solving.
- You may find the following useful;
* The Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving by Morgan Jones.
* Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking by Richard Nisbett.
- You might want to check out The Thinker's Toolkit: https://www.amazon.com/Thinkers-Toolkit-Powerful-Techniques-...
- * How to Solve it – A New Aspect of Mathematical Method by George Polya.
* The Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving by Morgan Jones.
* The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You by Scott Page.
* The Decision Book: Fifty models for strategic thinking by Krogerus & Tschappeler.
- This is a good one to - "The Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving" by Morgan D. Jones, ( techniques as used by the CIA no less! :-) ).
https://www.amazon.com/Thinkers-Toolkit-Powerful-Techniques-...
