Employ different problem-solving techniques.

Employment of problem-solving techniques should include

• trial-and-error
• brainstorming
• best guess
• Kaizen
• go-look-see
• Six Sigma
• plan-do-check-act
• failure mode and effects analysis
• accidental discovery.

Employment of the techniques should include using the various techniques to discover a solution to the same problem and then determining the types of situations in which each method is the appropriate choice.

Process/Skill Questions:

• What is brainstorming?
• What kinds of problems does the trial-and-error approach best solve?
• What is accidental discovery as it relates to problem solving?
• What type of problem-solving strategies were employed before modern production?
• In what way have advances in technology aided problem-solving strategies?