1.  What is the most urgent trouble you need to shoot?

If you don't know, list the main options and go to the Choose Map.

Work on one obstacle at a time. 

Warm up

2.  What resources do you have?

How do your personal skills fit in here?

Is there kryptonite around?

How will this affect your plans?

3.  What will you do?

Adjust my plans.

Treat the obstacle as a problem in itself.

Look for another option.

Look for more ideas from the Mulling Team.

Check out the Road to Bounce-Back.

Redefine the problem.

Treat this outcome as a symptom and look for the real cause.

Kryptonite

You will get better work out of your brain if you write your answers and keep them around. 

Thinkerer's Tools, Layout

You deserve a break right now.  Save this box till later.

4.  Goal:  Figure out what I will do to this barrier.

I need to adjust my plans to get around this. Plan Clipit.

Work on another obstacle. Choose Clipit.

Look for more ideas. Idea Clipit.

Redefine the problem.  Idea Clipit.

Or use this design with
Semi-Structured Brainstorming