Process as a progressive path

Examining the role of frameworks in problem-solving approaches, highlighting their efficiency in standardized processes while emphasizing the importance of evolving methodologies that adapt.

The process is the path to be walked more than the way to be followed. The current landscape of problem-solving approaches dictates mostly standardized frameworks of established sources. Frameworks are handy tools when it comes to saving time and other resources. They are the tested and proven (in most cases) ways of tackling what we called problems in today’s industrialized world. As most of the possible approachable industries formed, the rest started to solve similar problems. So, that being considered, we (as always) started to find ways that give us opportunities to grow more and more. Frameworks or standard ways of doing things are one of them. They are formed to be used for things done faster, in rush, or even faster. That’s where we should take the pause.

We have the body that serves in all the possible ways of making life easier for us. The essential characteristics of us are needs. Thus, almost every action we take in our life is based on some kind of need which we simply call problems. As we live, our brains form the schemes that relate and bond things together. This mechanism makes us live better in different ways to count (the different topics of interest). When problems occur or are observed we “automatically” think of the patterns of solving them through those schemes. This is what frameworks offer — the known, easy-to-go, and less frustrating way of removing seen elements of the problems. But should we walk the same way to reach different destinations?

Imagine the last long distance you traveled and the way you completed to get there. You are only able to fully describe the entire journey now, at the end. We can think of problem-solving as going through the source and destination(s). Basically, we live in state A where everything is current. But, when the problem occurs every next state that’s reached through solving them can be our state B. The way we follow to go from A to B can be thought of as the solution to the problem and how it’s implemented. We should understand that next point B is the outcome of what happens during the problem-solving process. It is not just the steps to follow to reach somewhere. It is the thing that defines where we’ll reach. But there’s a difference between going somewhere and the most possible (or exact) destination of the solution.

Following standard ways of solving problems as “ways” results in some solutions state B. The reason is the way frameworks are formed and how they’re used. When they used with “has to be” approach it’ll limit all the abilities to create better outcomes. To reach the best alternative solution state of B we have to work with the best process we can. But the thing is, there’s nothing like that. So, that’s why the process is the progress we made just by going through it. Every step has its contribution to the overall result and other steps. The process simply becomes the progress we build on the go. Although the frameworks are still relevant to today’s workspace, it’s still better to learn more of the fundamentals of problem space theory to be able to work with them in effective ways. Frameworks when used as outliners and inspirations are a must-have of the creative processes. So, the process that’s based on frameworks and created through progress lead problems to the most optimal solutions.