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Ameen Abozaid
Planned lessonSTF-012-L02

Problem framing

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In this lesson

make readers agree the problem is worth solving before they see the solution.

Planned topics

  • State who is hurt, how much, and since when, with a number if possible.
  • Separate the problem from symptoms and from your preferred solution.
  • Say what is out of scope and what happens if nothing is done.
  • Test the framing with two skeptical readers before writing more.
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Demonstration

a problem statement: "Twenty teams maintain 20 different pipelines; new services take 3 weeks to reach production; 4 audit findings last year came from pipeline drift" (numbers from the STF-009 baseline; verify before recording).

Check your understanding

Why test the framing first?

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If readers disagree on the problem, no solution will be accepted.

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