This powerful little book will make you a more effective problem solver. Anyone involved in product and systems development will appreciate this practical illustrated guide, which was first published in 1982 and has since become a cult classic!
With their characteristic clarity and insight, authors Don Gause and Jerry Weinberg instruct on ways to improve your thinking power.
Just follow this four-step process:
identify the true problem
determine the problem's owner
locate the problem's source
decide whether or not to solve it
Designed for anyone in industry or academe, the book conveys a message that will change the way you view the world.
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'In a highly readable evolution, the authors present insights on problem identification and practical approaches which will be of immeasurable aid to the manager.
'Although the material is serious, the treatment is neither stodgy nor unnecessarily technical. It is a down-to-earth approach to the managerial problems of the '90's.'
--Jim Van Speybroeck,
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'another wonderful and whimsical book from Gerald Weinberg and Donald Gause.'
--Barry Kornfeld,
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'full of great little tips and tricks. . . . at just over 150 pages it is easy to digest. It serves as a great introduction to problem solving.
'If there is one thing I learned from Are Your Lights On? it is that people don't do a very good job at problem solving. Like usability, while problem solving seems so obvious in retrospect, it is actually quite difficult. . . .
'As Don Gause and Gerald Weinberg point out, each solution is the source of the next problem. It is very likely that you are only working on a few links in an entire chain of problems. The scope of your problem must be chosen with great care.
'Are Your Lights On? is a great book and I highly recommend it.'
--John S. Rhodes
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