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Thinking Tools/Quick Reference

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This quick reference lists a variety of thinking tools.

  1. Five Ws
  2. Phoenix Checklist
  3. SMART Goals
  4. Webbing Tool
  5. Storyboarding
  6. Problem finding
  7. Stating a Problem
  1. Secondary Research
  2. Benchmarking
  3. Appreciative Inquiry
  4. Thinking outside the box
  5. Metaphor—What is this problem like?
  6. Brainstorming
  7. Forced Relationships
  8. Hieroglyphic Hints
  9. Lateral Thinking
  10. PO – Provocative Operation
  11. Idea Notebooks
  12. Synetics
  13. Varying Attributes
  14. SCAMPER
  15. Six Thinking Hats
  16. Biomimicry
  17. TRIZ
  18. Attribute Matrix
  19. Reversals
  1. Discard the Unsuitable
  2. POINT
  3. Prototyping
  4. Foresight Scenarios
  5. Affinity Diagram
  6. Tree Diagram
  7. Quality Function Deployment
  8. Representation
  1. Are we doing this?
  2. Action Planning
  3. Assisters and Resisters
  4. Stakeholder Analysis
  5. Project Management
  6. Murder board
  1. Success Zones
  2. Unleashing Creativity
  3. Additional thinking tools