Thinking Kepner Tregoe
Use when a selective defect needs IS/IS-NOT difference analysis or a consequential...
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npx skills add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills --skill thinking-kepner-tregoe -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
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- Category
- Engineering
- Updated
- 3mo ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Lightabout 849 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Use when a selective defect needs IS/IS-NOT difference analysis or a consequential option choice needs must/want weighting and adverse-consequence comparison.
Kepner-Tregoe Analysis
Core rule: Diagnose deviations by testing causes against both IS and IS-NOT. Compare consequential choices by screening MUSTs, weighting WANTs, and exposing adverse consequences before selecting.
When to Use
- A defect affects some objects, places, times, or cohorts but not comparable others.
- Several candidate causes remain and the contrast boundary can discriminate them.
- A consequential option choice has explicit non-negotiables, competing objectives, and risks that should be compared consistently.
When NOT to Use
- A uniform failure has no meaningful IS-NOT contrast, or the cause is already confirmed.
- One cheap observation settles the cause or one option plainly dominates every requirement.
- The criteria cannot be made operational; clarify them before assigning weights.
- The task is forward failure discovery for a planned change rather than diagnosis or option selection.
