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Re:Think Like a 5-Year Old by SoftwareMaven on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @12:43PM (#5208212)
Asking the "why" isn't the valuable part; it is answering that question. The effort to break down and understand the problem is what leads to the insights.
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Re:Think Like a 5-Year Old by jonnathanson on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @03:14PM (#5209193)
Yes, but I think you're slightly misunderstanding me. The "asking why" is the breaking-down-the-problem process. I didn't mean literally just asking "Why."
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Re:Think Like a 5-Year Old by stephengillie on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @05:09PM (#5209931)
5-whys is a common root-cause algorithm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys

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