Industry Problem Framing

Turn an ambiguous business problem into a researchable and pilotable R&D problem.

The goal is to prevent premature solutioning. A vague request like "use AI to improve operations" must become a concrete decision, workflow, metric, and evidence need before methods are proposed.

When to use this skill

Use this skill when:

• the user has an unclear business or industry problem;
• stakeholders disagree on what the problem means;
• the user needs to brainstorm but avoid shallow idea lists;
• the next step is literature search, solution design, or pilot planning;
• the user needs an internal R&D framing memo.

If the user already has a precise problem and wants paper-backed methods, use publication-grounded-solution-design instead.

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