Quote by Victor Cheng

“If analysis of a branch disproves the hypothesis, you should revise your hypothesis, reconsider what framework or issue tree is needed to test the…

— Victor Cheng

“If you’re doing the analysis correctly, you are constantly drilling down one branch, discovering it’s not valid, revising your hypothesis (and often the branches…

— Victor Cheng

“the easiest way to define the problem is to isolate the problem by using the process of elimination to identify what the problem is…

— Victor Cheng

“After all, problems identified can be eliminated.”

— David Styles

“The only reason you use a framework or issue tree is to test a hypothesis!”

— Victor Cheng

“whenever you read a method step such as “determine possible root causes,” this is a red flag for your problem-solving method.”

— Nat Greene

“You will do one of two things as soon as you’ve exhausted what you can determine mathematically in the case: (1) Refine your hypothesis…

— Victor Cheng

“By eliminating the variables closest to the primary variable, we immediately eliminate many potential root causes, and we can avoid collecting data about or…

— Nat Greene

Whenever known and sufficient causes are available, it is anti-scientific to discard them in favour of a hypothesis that can never be verified.

— Max Weber

We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.

— Edward de Bono

“Once this happens, no matter where I am in the framework, I immediately synthesize, revise my hypothesis, and determine what is the least amount…

— Victor Cheng

“Truly solving the problem involves understanding what’s wrong and why it happened, through investigation and understanding—not by spending days or weeks testing different guesses…

— Nat Greene