Turn Unknowns Into Questions
Replace vague topics with answerable questions and the smallest experiment that could answer each one.
Separate Known, Unknown, and AssumedNot started
Do not let facts, questions, and guesses share one undifferentiated requirements list.
Sharpen the QuestionNot started
A topic cannot be researched efficiently. Turn it into a question whose answer changes a decision.
Research the Smallest SurfaceNot started
Learn only enough of an unfamiliar technology to answer the current question, then return to the problem.