FINAL THOUGHTS FROM SYENNA FINAL THOUGHTS FROM SYENNA Dear Reader, Inspired by three recent SyEN articles concerning decision patterns (SyEN Edition #107 – December 2021, Edition #111 – April 2022 and Edition #113 – June 2022), I have been seeing decisions everywhere I look. I recently attended a family gala event and while I enjoyed the festivities, food and fellowship with infrequently seen family and friends, I couldn’t help but walk through a Capability Design decision pattern in my head. Pondering the various activities and experiences that made up this event, I continued to ask “If X (a current activity or observation) is the answer, what was the question?”. By the time the event ended, this mental exercise at reverse engineering had built up a fairly complete decision model of the event design that might be used to jump-start and improve the next such gathering. I’ve found this is a poor gal’s path to continuous learning and ever-increasing creativity and thinking efficiency. For fun, let’s see if you can replicate my reverse engineering prowess by mapping a list of event design alternatives to the decisions (design questions/issues) for which they provide a potential solution. A three level Capability Design decision pattern as applied to this mystery event is attached. Expanded definitions for each decision are available in SyEN Edition #107 (December 2021). Please note that in some cases multiple solution alternatives are expected for a decision. An alphabetically sorted list of 25 alternatives is included; see if you can fill in the model by mapping each alternative to the appropriate decision. Finally, see if you can infer the type of family event being designed from the lower level decisions and their alternatives. The first SyEN reader that submits a correct solution (Decision/Alternative table + mystery event name) to SyEN will receive a *L.A.R.G.E. prize. Enjoy! Your friend, Syenna.
*L.A.R.G.E = Limited Appreciation & Recognition for Great Effort.
July 2022
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