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# Challenge Operation

Apply de Bono's Challenge technique: non-threatening questioning of why things are done the way they are. Not criticism — genuine curiosity about whether current approaches are the only way.

## State Ledger

| Resource | Target | Current | % |
|----------|--------|---------|---|
| web-search | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| web-research | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-overview | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-search | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-research | 5 | 0 | 0% |

## HARD-GATE

Cannot exit strategy until ≥80% of each budget line is consumed OR yield targets are met with justification for remaining budget.

## Available Tactics

| Tactic | Role |
|--------|------|
| concept-hierarchy | Organize challenged practices into concept levels |

## Available SOPs

| SOP | Role |
|-----|------|
| challenge-questioning | Apply non-threatening 'Why?' to current practices |
| escape-technique | Escape from dominant patterns revealed by challenge |
| alternatives-generation | Generate alternatives to challenged practices |
| lateral-synthesis | Synthesize challenge operation outputs |

## Execution Guidance

1. **List practices**: Identify current practices, methods, and assumptions
2. **Challenge each**: Apply challenge-questioning SOP — "Why is it done this way?"
3. **Distinguish**: Separate necessary constraints from historical accidents
4. **Escape**: For historical accidents, use escape-technique to find alternatives
5. **Generate alternatives**: Produce concrete alternatives to challenged practices
6. **Synthesize**: Produce structured output via lateral-synthesis

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## Available Tactics

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

| Tactic | When to use |
| --- | --- |
| concept-hierarchy | Build concept levels from purpose through concepts to ideas, with escape and fractionation at each level. |

## Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

| SOP | When to use |
| --- | --- |
| alternatives-generation | Generate alternatives for every known approach — ensure no approach goes unchallenged. |
| challenge-questioning | Non-threatening 'Why?' questioning of current practices to reveal historical accidents vs. genuine constraints. |
| escape-technique | Identify dominant thinking pattern and escape it via deliberate pattern-breaking. |
| lateral-synthesis | Synthesize all lateral thinking intermediate outputs into a structured idea report. |

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