Problem Statement: Basic Capabilities for Reducing 'Development Waste'

🎯Problem Definition: Basic Skills to Reduce 'Development Waste'

A starting point for collaboration, requirements analysis, and code reviews for new and junior developers!

Basic competencies recommended for all team members to prevent 'development waste' from a PM/PO perspective!

Basic competencies related to collaboration tools, soft skills, problem-solving abilities, and more!

The capability that can protect developers' jobs even in an era where artificial intelligence writes code!

✅ Have you ever had these concerns?

• "The project proposal is too vague, so I don't know what I'm supposed to create."

• "I received feedback in the review, but I don't have a clear sense of exactly where I need to make changes."

• "Now that I'm actually trying to write the code... what was I trying to solve again?"

• "When I asked a question, they responded back with 'So what's the problem?'"

The core of all this confusion is because we failed to define the problem accurately. Developers constantly face problems. However, the right solution begins only when we can look at the problem accurately and define it properly.

📌 What You'll Learn in This Course

Practical thinking methods for clarifying ambiguous requirements and defining core problems

• Questioning Techniques to Extract Problems from Requirements

• 5 Criteria That Make a 'Problem' Truly Problematic

• The skill of building rapport with other team members through communication

• Schematic methods for 'defining' and 'structuring' problems

• The skill of asking precise follow-up questions during code reviews, planning meetings, and task handoffs

• 15 Key Patterns

🎓 Who is this course for?

1. Developers feeling overwhelmed by ambiguous requirements

• When what the client or planner says is too vague and you don't know what to build

• Example: "The UX is not great", "It's slow", "Please make it more intuitive"

• → A state lacking the power to transform requests into problems

2. New and junior developers who lack confidence in requirements analysis or design phases

• The ability to analyze and structure problems is not yet familiar

• When it remains at the level of merely taking dictation from the planner

• → Skills to define problems independently are needed

3. Developers who struggle to explain "why they are developing this"

• Good at implementing features, but unable to explain why those features are needed

• There are difficulties in designing the purpose and problem context of development

• → Developer → Problem Solver → Someone who wants to grow into a Problem Setter

4. Developers who struggle with collaborating with planners or designers

• There's a lot of talk going back and forth, but no consensus is formed on "what the problem is"

• Feedback is repetitive, or communication conflicts occur frequently

• → People who want to structure different languages and establish a foundation for collaboration

5. Junior level and above preparing for planning, PM, and management roles

• A developer growing into a role that should define problems and provide direction

• The ability to structure vague requests into actionable team tasks is needed

• → Problem setting is the beginning of leadership

6. Summary

• This course is essential for all developers who have the concern of "I can write code, but I don't know what to build."

• It can be said that this is an essential skill especially for junior developers from new hires to those with 3 years of experience.

💡 Course Features

• Practical-based thinking approach:

  Structured around real problem cases encountered in actual collaboration

• Short and Clear Lectures:

  Each lesson is typically structured to be within 10 minutes (with some exceptions), enabling highly immersive learning

• Structured Thinking Training:

  A slide-centered lecture that visually organizes the 'thought process' of defining problems

• Practical Examples:

  Recording conversation methods that turn vague feedback and abstract planning into clear problems

📂 Curriculum Preview (Partial)

1. What is Problem Setting – The Starting Point of Problem Solving

2. Ambiguous requests, where did it go wrong?

3. 5 Criteria That Make a Problem Truly a Problem

4. The Art of Asking "So What's the Problem?" Differently

5. Code reviews, planning, schedule coordination… all the moments where problem definition is used

💬 Expected Benefits After Taking the Course

• You can structure and organize even confusing requests on your own

• You can become a developer who gets to the core with just one question

• You can reduce unnecessary misunderstandings during work collaboration and lead accurate conversations

• Review feedback can also be converted into solvable problems rather than simple criticism

💬 Why this course is practically beneficial for developers

1. Addresses the most frequently encountered problems in real-world practice

A developer's work always begins with receiving a 'request'. However, most requests are vague and ambiguous. If you can't transform this into a precise problem, the planning goes awry, development spins its wheels, and schedules fall behind.

Example: "Please make the button a bit bigger" →→ Why? For whom? What's the problem?

2. This is the ability that new hires and junior developers lack the most

For new developers or juniors, the most difficult part is not simple implementation, but the ability to determine 'what should be implemented'. This course addresses exactly that point.

3. Directly leads to improved collaboration skills

Requirements analysis, code reviews, communication, discussions with PMs… all of these flow smoothly when you define problems well. This course trains you in the thinking method of listening and extracting the essence.

4. Provides realistic practical frameworks and tools

Rather than theory without practice, we provide problem statement formulas, feedback criteria, and questioning techniques that you can immediately apply in real work situations.

In summary, this course helps you become a developer capable of making clear judgments and communicating effectively without stopping in front of questions like "Why do we need to develop this?" and "Is this really a problem?"

🎯 In today's developer market, 'developers who can think' like this grow the fastest.

Now, become a developer who excels at problem definition rather than just problem solving.

You must be able to see problems accurately for solutions and growth to begin.