Irreproachable Honourableness

Development, via 37signals

Sam found this approach “very useful in arriving at a solution”:

1. write down the problem
2. write down why it's hard to solve
3. write down what would make it easier
4. write down possible ways to implement things that would make it easier
5. write down why those ways suck
6. then make it not suck

Ryan's response: “yeah. in early Christopher Alexander-speak, that process pulls the forces apart so you can see the dependencies…you can evaluate all the forces that push on the problem and solution.”