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  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/force-combinations-across-dimensions-to-surface-new-options",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0748",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Force combinations across dimensions to surface new options",
  "summary": "Combination is where the box starts doing work.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Sample combinations across the dimensions, including some that would not arise from intuition. For each combination, ask whether it is coherent, what new mechanism it creates and which constraint it violates. Keep surprising feasible combinations for deeper design.",
  "limits": [
    "Combinatorial novelty is not value. Feasibility, evidence and user need still decide what deserves a test."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-creative-option-generation"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-3EC3B90CEFB779AA"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "General Morphological Analysis structures a multidimensional, often non-quantifiable problem space by defining parameters and investigating combinations and relationships among parameter states.",
      "source_id": "RS-3EC3B90CEFB779AA",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Morphological analysis structures a conceptual space; it is not a causal model and can still omit important dimensions or options.",
      "locator": "Abstract and method description"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "The morphological box exists but the team keeps selecting only familiar combinations."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Combinatorial novelty is not value. Feasibility, evidence and user need still decide what deserves a test."
  ],
  "example": "Asynchronous practice + immediate machine feedback + peer review only on failed attempts may reveal a lower-cost coaching model.",
  "check": "At least one retained option could not have been described as a minor variant of the current solution.",
  "steps": [
    "At least one retained option could not have been described as a minor variant of the current solution."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-3EC3B90CEFB779AA",
      "title": "Problem structuring using computer-aided morphological analysis",
      "url": "https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602177"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0748",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0749",
      "type": "use_before",
      "url": "/knowledge/prune-impossible-combinations-before-judging-attractive-ones"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-2522F24FF1997E0F",
      "title": "Generate more distinct options before choosing one",
      "url": "/collections/generate-more-distinct-options-before-choosing-one"
    }
  ]
}