Framework Library

Every thinking method this library has evaluated, grouped by family, with its honest evidence grade and verdict. Entries marked (dossier pending) are catalogued but their long-form dossier is not yet written. See why some methods are documented but not shipped and the full evidence index.

Perspective-shifting and multi-lens

Framework	Evidence	Status
Parallel Perspectives Review	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
Red Team / Blue Team	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
Stakeholder Lens Review	P	Folded (dossier pending)
Steelmanning	P	Folded
Six Thinking Hats	X	Documented, not shipped
Role-storming	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Outside-in / Inside-out framing	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Disney Creative Strategy	A	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)

Divergent ideation and idea expansion

Framework	Evidence	Status
Brainwriting 6-3-5 / NGT	S	Shipped (dossier pending)
Far-analogy ideation	S	Shipped (dossier pending)
SCAMPER	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
Question Burst	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
Assumption Reversal	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
Morphological analysis	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Worst possible idea / reverse brainstorming	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Crazy 8s	P	Folded (dossier pending)
Lotus Blossom	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Forced connections / Random stimulus	P	Folded (dossier pending)
Alternate uses / Constraint insertion-removal	P	Candidate (dossier pending)

Problem framing and reframing

Framework	Evidence	Status
Problem Restatement	M	Shipped (dossier pending)
Abstraction Laddering	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
First Principles Thinking	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
How Might We	P	Folded (dossier pending)
Is / Is Not analysis	P	Folded (dossier pending)
Frame storming	P	Folded (dossier pending)
Five Whys	X	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)

Assumption and belief challenge

Framework	Evidence	Status
Argument Mapping	S	Shipped (dossier pending)
Authentic Dissent	S	Shipped (dossier pending)
Natural-frequency Bayesian framing	S	Shipped (dossier pending)
Evidence vs Inference Sort	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
Ladder of Inference Check	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
What Would Have to Be True	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
Key Assumptions Check / Assumption Mapping	P	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)
Cognitive bias checklist	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Inversion	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Counterfactual reasoning	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Devil’s Advocacy	X	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)
Double-crux	C	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)

Risk, failure, and resilience

Framework	Evidence	Status
Premortem	S	Shipped
Reference Class Forecasting	S	Shipped (dossier pending)
WOOP / MCII	S	Shipped (dossier pending)
Backcasting	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
FMEA-lite	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Kill criteria / Tripwires	P	Folded (dossier pending)
Regret minimization	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Pre-commitment / Ulysses contract	P	Candidate (dossier pending)

Systems and consequences

Framework	Evidence	Status
Futures Wheel	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
Iceberg Model	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
Stocks and Flows reasoning	S	Shipped (dossier pending)
Causal Loop Diagrams	M	Shipped (dossier pending)
Second-Order Effects	P	Folded (dossier pending)
Systems map / Leverage points	C	Folded (dossier pending)
Three Horizons	C	Candidate (dossier pending)
Causal Layered Analysis	C	Candidate (dossier pending)
Theory of Constraints	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Fishbone / Ishikawa	P	Candidate (dossier pending)

Decision and option evaluation

Framework	Evidence	Status
Decision Option Review	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
One-way vs Two-way Door	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
Decision Journal	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis	P	Folded (dossier pending)
Decision Brief / PR-FAQ	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Pairwise comparison	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Expected-value / decision-tree	M	Candidate (dossier pending)
Minimax regret	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Fermi estimation	M	Shipped (dossier pending)
Eisenhower / MoSCoW / Pareto	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Kepner-Tregoe	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Cynefin	C	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)
ICE / RICE / WSJF	V	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)
OODA Loop	P	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)
Mechanical / linear-model aggregation	S	Shipped (dossier pending)

Strategy and opportunity

Framework	Evidence	Status
Opportunity-Solution Tree	P	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)
Value proposition contrast	P	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)
White-space / adjacent-possible / 10x-vs-incremental	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Moat / defensibility lens	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Scenario planning	M	Candidate (dossier pending)
PEST(LE)	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Jobs To Be Done	P	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)
Wardley Mapping	C	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)
Blue Ocean tools	V	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)
Porter’s Five Forces	V	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)
SWOT	X	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)

Synthesis and reasoning clarity

Framework	Evidence	Status
Issue Trees	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
Affinity Mapping	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
Pyramid Principle	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
MECE decomposition	P	Folded (dossier pending)
Concept Mapping	M	Shipped (dossier pending)
Dialectical synthesis	C	Candidate (dossier pending)
Contradiction / tension mapping	C	Candidate (dossier pending)
Insight statement generation	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Sensemaking matrix	C	Candidate (dossier pending)

Facilitation and group structures

Framework	Evidence	Status
Silent writing before discussion	M	Folded (dossier pending)
Note-and-vote / Decider supervote	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Dot voting	P	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)
1-2-4-All / Round-robin / Lean Coffee / World Cafe / Open Space	P	Documented, not shipped (dossier pending)

Meta-thinking and reflection

Framework	Evidence	Status
After Action Review	S	Shipped (dossier pending)
Belief-update routine	P	Shipped (dossier pending)
Idea-quality audit	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
What / So What / Now What	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
PDCA / A3	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Socratic self-questioning	P	Candidate (dossier pending)
Plus/Delta, Start/Stop/Continue, Rose/Thorn/Bud	P	Folded (dossier pending)