Hi WM,

Quote Originally Posted by wm View Post
Context: I was left behind by the TRADOC team on a distant range while visiting the Arctic Region Test Center in Alaska (probably due to my snide comments about FM 5.0).

Environment Frame: I'm in a frozen, snow covered wasteland.
Problem Frame: I need to provide myself shelter
Operational Frame: I only have natively available material to use to build the shelter.

What is it about these three parameters that will drive me to see that a good solution (aka design concept) is to build an igloo?
Of course, FM 1C-E hasn't been released yet, so what you will obviously need to do is to hire a doctrinal consultant (at 15k Selil says) to study the problem. Personally, I think that this is really a failure of strategic vision ("Alaska? Ar you crazy! I'm going to the DR!"), but we could debate that endlessly. I will note, however, that if you had an embedded HTT they might, assuming they actually had an area specialist, note that asking the natives for their suggestion would be a good idea .

Quote Originally Posted by wm View Post
I'll be charitable and accept that maybe my way of trying to understand what is really meant by the environmental, problem, and operational frames is colored by my experiences and does not demonstrate the creative thinking that, along with critical thinking, is a necessary precursor to successfully design according to paragraph 3-1 of the FM.
Right. Obviously, you need to put your immediate situation in a global, strategic context in the same manner as a congressman: immediately call for a full investigation to take place in the DR .