See, I'm not sure. Lately I've been finding that if I need to go more than about 4 steps down the tree, it's been because I missed something more obvious. I don't know that that is always necessarily true, from a strict logical standpoint, but I've been running with that presumption.
Now that I think about it, using possibility notation seems to encourage tree-diving. Without it, it's very hard to see very deep levels of consequences (or at least I find it so) so working without them forces one to stay closer to the trunk. And, so far, it's been working for me: I haven't been defeated by any boards. When I get stuck, I stop the timer and go off for a break, and usually shortly after I return I see something terminally obvious and simple.
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Date: 2005-11-06 11:57 pm (UTC)Now that I think about it, using possibility notation seems to encourage tree-diving. Without it, it's very hard to see very deep levels of consequences (or at least I find it so) so working without them forces one to stay closer to the trunk. And, so far, it's been working for me: I haven't been defeated by any boards. When I get stuck, I stop the timer and go off for a break, and usually shortly after I return I see something terminally obvious and simple.