{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/shrink-the-problem-to-the-operating-zone",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0434",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Shrink the problem to the operating zone",
  "summary": "Do not redesign the building when the conflict happens at one doorway.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Locate where the contradiction physically or logically occurs and when it is active. Name the smallest component, interface, step or state that contains the harmful interaction. Analyze resources and changes there before redesigning the whole system.",
  "limits": [
    "Over-localizing can hide upstream or downstream causes; widen the boundary again if evidence shows the conflict is distributed."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-triz-structured-invention"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-B6204CD2E988879F"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "ARIZ explicitly localizes a problem in an Operating Zone and analyzes available resources before expanding the solution search.",
      "source_id": "RS-B6204CD2E988879F",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "The operating-zone concept originates in technical systems; process adaptations should define a real conflict locus rather than a vague organizational area.",
      "locator": "Step 2: analysis of the problem model"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "The problem statement covers an entire system even though the harmful interaction occurs in one narrow place or moment."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Over-localizing can hide upstream or downstream causes; widen the boundary again if evidence shows the conflict is distributed."
  ],
  "example": "A mass-update lock problem may occur only during activation of a specific record type, not throughout the entire Fiori process.",
  "check": "The search area is narrower than the original system description without excluding a necessary causal interaction.",
  "steps": [
    "The search area is narrower than the original system description without excluding a necessary causal interaction."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-B6204CD2E988879F",
      "title": "ARIZ",
      "url": "https://triz.org/ariz/"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0434",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0435",
      "type": "use_before",
      "url": "/knowledge/inventory-resources-already-present-before-adding-a-new-one"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-0176FEADE3BB023B",
      "title": "Resolve the contradiction instead of polishing the compromise",
      "url": "/collections/resolve-the-contradiction-instead-of-polishing-the-compromise"
    }
  ]
}