The visible request is often downstream of the real need.
Move beneath requests, workarounds, and feature language toward the decision underneath.
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A request is evidence about a need, not proof that the requested artifact is the right product problem.
Why it comes next: Start here to establish the core question this path is trying to answer.
If the problem collapses when the proposed feature is removed, the team has not framed the problem yet.
Why it comes next: Keep moving by using this essay to extend the decision frame from the previous step.
A workaround is evidence that the formal product and operating reality disagree; diagnose what it protects before fixing or banning it.
Why it comes next: Keep moving by using this essay to extend the decision frame from the previous step.
Under severe time pressure, discovery changes form rather than disappearing; existing behavior and operational residue become evidence.
Why it comes next: Keep moving by using this essay to extend the decision frame from the previous step.
Discovery is the work required to reduce the uncertainty that matters before the next consequential decision, and its form changes by context.
Why it comes next: Keep moving by using this essay to extend the decision frame from the previous step.