Perhaps I am over-thinking and making this more difficult than is necessary, but since my job requires critical thinking on a daily basis this seems like a very contrived assignment.
Every software project requires precisely the critical thinking strategy steps described. Different projects within different companies may follow them more or less formally, but producing even the smallest program contains them all.
We must always start by defining the problem, commonly referred to as creating a concept framework, and then proceeding with requirements gathering. In this step I will commonly interview the various stakeholders to define a least common denominator subset of what everyone thinks should be included. Business constraints, customer needs
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It is not uncommon to define multiple possibilities for the system architecture and then use simulation to narrow the options. A common issue is that the true problem is poorly understood, and an actual solution may not have been identified. Research may be required to better define the options, including what prior art exists and what competitors are doing. It is critical to do due diligence as a poorly defined problem will not have a successful solution implementation, and a common management problem is not wanting to “waste time” planning when the developers should be busy writing code.
One possible outcome at this point is the realization that the problem doesn’t exist — there are already systems and processes in place to accomplish the goals. Another outcome may be the discovery of an off-the-shelf solution from a third-party supplier that provides a more cost-effective option. Or it may be discovered that, while the problem is both real and well understood, a workable solution is not well understood and therefore cannot be
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Business constraints may include limited personnel; missing skills; a critical release window; or specific cost or return on investment goals. Cheap-Fast-Good is a multi-variable optimization problem that is always challenging when you can’t simply say “pick two” and make it stick, and managing tradeoffs takes us out of the purely technical realm into the political “soft skills” that practitioners frequently lack and typically find distasteful.
There is seldom a consensus “best” approach or solution; the various limiting factors and variables must be balanced like a set of plates spinning on edge, and dynamically adjusted as the project unfolds. The actual solution implemented is frequently a case of “dissatisfy everyone equally” and use each released work product as a way to better understand how the company works and needs to change. A complete software project is itself a single iteration of the larger “company optimization project” that is ongoing throughout a company’s
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Jr has no problem making and keeping friends, socializing was not an issue for him, and reports having a large social group including social network. He reports that his friends have influenced him towards his life choices and he recognizes where he went wrong. Jr reports that though he had a lot of friends many left when he faces criminal charges or suffered multiple overdoses. Jr realizes that in order to remain sober he must leave his friends behind and focus on himself.
| Demonstrates some understanding of descriptive and value assumptions and value conflicts, identifies some and provides satisfactory explanation of their effect on the argument. May have some confusion over definitions, but generally demonstrates understanding of the concepts.
There is a South African Proverb that states "Until lions write books, history will always glorify the hunter". In his play "Los Vendidos", Luis Valdez tries to become a lion and let the voice of Chicano history be heard. Luis Valdez does this in a satirical way by presenting the views and stereotypes that many American’s have had and continue to have, about Chicano’s in the form of a shop where Chicano "model/robots" are sold. By presenting each Chicano as a robot and stereotype, Luis Valdez tries to earse of the "models" of Chicano’s that people have in their heads and tries to point out that there is a strong Chicano culture and a rich history that has been ignored by American’s for years.
According to Jainism, the soul will go from a complete dependence on the karma cycle to a state of complete dissociation from it, when all stages have been followed. Gunasthana, which is a Sanskrit word meaning level of virtue, are the fourteen stages the soul goes through to attain spiritual growth and development before attaining moksha. Gunasthana is also referred to as the purification of karma doctrine. The fourteen stages are: 1. Mithyadristi, is the stage of gross ignorance. 2. Sasadana, is the stage of the mental state of the soul. 3. Misradrsti, is the stage of when a person hovers between certainty and doubt in belief. 4. Avirata samyagdrishti, is the stage of when doubts are removed and becomes a true believer. 5. Desavitra, is the stage of partial vows in pursuit of right conduct. 6. Pramatta virata, is the stage of complete self-discipline, but
Mindset is a frame of mind that collects our thoughts, way of thinking and habits. Our mindset is connected to our attitude and it is shaped by our beliefs to pursue our dreams and everything we want to achieve in life. Positive mindset begets positive attitude. You will gain qualities that will help you overcome obstacles and problems along the way. Persons with a fixed mindset think they are intelligent and talented enough to gain success even without hard work and effort. On the other hand, persons with a growth-mindset improve on their abilities and talents through hard work and dedication in order to be successful. And that is positive attitude.
Think deeply! Think and keep thinking. Still, not everyone who thinks or thinks deeply is actually critical thinking. You can be highly intelligent or have vast knowledge but that doesn’t mean that you can think critically. Using intelligence and knowledge to reach one’s rationale viewpoint and objective in what a critical thinker does. The opinions and beliefs of a critical thinker stand on firmer ground. Better decisions and problems solving are more credible and supported by reasons and facts instead of false information and statements.
You are a member of a group working on a class project. The group members are enthusiastic about the project and arrange a meeting time to begin planning. You forget to mark your calendar and miss the meeting. The group posts a summary of the meeting with assignments and deadlines for the project. You apologize to the group and agree to complete the topic research for the project. You realize you have a paper due in another course on the same day that your research is due, and you concentrate most of your time on your individual assignment. The paper takes longer than you thought, and you are unable to conduct research for the group
In this study, the professor asked 15 students in his Introductory Psychology class to volunteer to take the smart pill at the start of the semester. The other 15 students in the class who did not volunteer did not take the pill. This was not random assignment because this subject was not an unbiased division, and the professor didn’t create equal groups; therefore, it could affect the result. In general, volunteers do better than non-volunteers because volunteers have more motivation than the people who didn’t volunteer. For example, in the “tutoring study”, people who signed up for tutoring were doing much better than the people who did not sign up for tutoring because the people who sign up care about their grade; on
This research focuses on the importance of moral behavior and its relations with critical thinking. In order to do this I chose to view a certain situation that occurred and had the qualities to prove and discuss my main topic. I chose to use a recent story that occurred during the 2016 NFL Draft, in which a player by the name Laremy Tunsil was publicly humiliated due to him going against his moral behavior. His agent, family, and himself all had to find a way to quickly and critically think how to fix their problem. Through social media and television Mr. Tunsil found himself defending his moral behavior and redeeming himself in order to be drafted.
California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI) was implemented in order to collect quantitative data, and this particular inventory was designed to measure the disposition to think critically. Open-ended interviews were implemented to access candidates’ opinions regarding the method applied within the course, and independent t-test (or statistical hypothesis test) samples along with paired t-test samples were used to analyze quantitative data. Results indicated candidates had a positive outlook regarding the Moodle platform’s online argumentation application and the improvement it provided in critical thinking skills.
The main concepts presented in the article are the varying definitions of each author on the concept of critical thinking. The information the author uses are definitions which are the opinions of varied authors and are similar in foundation in that to apply critical thinking one must be able to identify a problem, pose a question(s), provide valid supporting evidence, and come to a conclusion. Although the author’s definitions do not identify a problem, questions, evidence, or conclusions, the relationship Petress (2004) shows is that the reader must apply this process themselves as it is not always given. The information used does appear to be relevant, significant, and valid. The references the author listed does provide enough information for me to come to this conclusion. Since this work is a literature review and not a case study, numerical data are not necessary to determine validity of the information.
I like to think things through by looking at both side of the issue the good and bad. When I go shopping most often time I have several things in by basket that I have decided to buy. As I walk through the store my thought pattern is if I really need the things in my basket, by the time I make it to the register half of the things have been put back. I think about if I need this or can it wait, most often it can wait. When encounter new information my thought pattern is in what way is this information going to benefit me, and in what part of my life will I use
The concepts of critical thinking and creative thinking are both gaining increasing importance in the world today. Critical thinking allows people to understand difficult concepts in a manner that is clearer and more defined. They can more readily understand those concepts if they employ critical thinking. In all portions of everyday life, a person is expected to make independent judgments. Those judgments are based on experience and knowledge. Without the ability to think critically, every situation that a person comes across would have to be considered in isolation from all other situations. When a person encounters a problem that is a new one, he or she may be able to use critical thinking to solve those problems.
* Generate alternative solutions: specify alternatives consistent with goals/objectives, specify on short term or long term alternatives, build on other ideas.