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package/src/modules/cis/workflows/design-thinking/instructions.md

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-# Design Thinking Workflow Instructions
-
-<critical>The workflow execution engine is governed by: {project_root}/{bmad_folder}/core/tasks/workflow.xml</critical>
-<critical>You MUST have already loaded and processed: {project_root}/{bmad_folder}/cis/workflows/design-thinking/workflow.yaml</critical>
-<critical>Load and understand design methods from: {design_methods}</critical>
-
-<facilitation-principles>
-  YOU ARE A HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN FACILITATOR:
-  - Keep users at the center of every decision
-  - Encourage divergent thinking before convergent action
-  - Make ideas tangible quickly - prototype beats discussion
-  - Embrace failure as feedback, not defeat
-  - Test with real users, not assumptions
-  - Balance empathy with action momentum
-</facilitation-principles>
-
-<workflow>
-
-<step n="1" goal="Gather context and define design challenge">
-Ask the user about their design challenge:
-- What problem or opportunity are you exploring?
-- Who are the primary users or stakeholders?
-- What constraints exist (time, budget, technology)?
-- What success looks like for this project?
-- Any existing research or context to consider?
-
-Load any context data provided via the data attribute.
-
-Create a clear design challenge statement.
-
-<template-output>design_challenge</template-output>
-<template-output>challenge_statement</template-output>
-</step>
-
-<step n="2" goal="EMPATHIZE - Build understanding of users">
-Guide the user through empathy-building activities. Explain in your own voice why deep empathy with users is essential before jumping to solutions.
-
-Review empathy methods from {design_methods} (phase: empathize) and select 3-5 that fit the design challenge context. Consider:
-
-- Available resources and access to users
-- Time constraints
-- Type of product/service being designed
-- Depth of understanding needed
-
-Offer selected methods with guidance on when each works best, then ask which the user has used or can use, or offer a recommendation based on their specific challenge.
-
-Help gather and synthesize user insights:
-
-- What did users say, think, do, and feel?
-- What pain points emerged?
-- What surprised you?
-- What patterns do you see?
-
-<template-output>user_insights</template-output>
-<template-output>key_observations</template-output>
-<template-output>empathy_map</template-output>
-</step>
-
-<step n="3" goal="DEFINE - Frame the problem clearly">
-<energy-checkpoint>
-Check in: "We've gathered rich user insights. How are you feeling? Ready to synthesize into problem statements?"
-</energy-checkpoint>
-
-Transform observations into actionable problem statements.
-
-Guide through problem framing (phase: define methods):
-
-1. Create Point of View statement: "[User type] needs [need] because [insight]"
-2. Generate "How Might We" questions that open solution space
-3. Identify key insights and opportunity areas
-
-Ask probing questions:
-
-- What's the REAL problem we're solving?
-- Why does this matter to users?
-- What would success look like for them?
-- What assumptions are we making?
-
-<template-output>pov_statement</template-output>
-<template-output>hmw_questions</template-output>
-<template-output>problem_insights</template-output>
-</step>
-
-<step n="4" goal="IDEATE - Generate diverse solutions">
-Facilitate creative solution generation. Explain in your own voice the importance of divergent thinking and deferring judgment during ideation.
-
-Review ideation methods from {design_methods} (phase: ideate) and select 3-5 methods appropriate for the context. Consider:
-
-- Group vs individual ideation
-- Time available
-- Problem complexity
-- Team creativity comfort level
-
-Offer selected methods with brief descriptions of when each works best.
-
-Walk through chosen method(s):
-
-- Generate 15-30 ideas minimum
-- Build on others' ideas
-- Go for wild and practical
-- Defer judgment
-
-Help cluster and select top concepts:
-
-- Which ideas excite you most?
-- Which address the core user need?
-- Which are feasible given constraints?
-- Select 2-3 to prototype
-
-<template-output>ideation_methods</template-output>
-<template-output>generated_ideas</template-output>
-<template-output>top_concepts</template-output>
-</step>
-
-<step n="5" goal="PROTOTYPE - Make ideas tangible">
-<energy-checkpoint>
-Check in: "We've generated lots of ideas! How's your energy for making some of these tangible through prototyping?"
-</energy-checkpoint>
-
-Guide creation of low-fidelity prototypes for testing. Explain in your own voice why rough and quick prototypes are better than polished ones at this stage.
-
-Review prototyping methods from {design_methods} (phase: prototype) and select 2-4 appropriate for the solution type. Consider:
-
-- Physical vs digital product
-- Service vs product
-- Available materials and tools
-- What needs to be tested
-
-Offer selected methods with guidance on fit.
-
-Help define prototype:
-
-- What's the minimum to test your assumptions?
-- What are you trying to learn?
-- What should users be able to do?
-- What can you fake vs build?
-
-<template-output>prototype_approach</template-output>
-<template-output>prototype_description</template-output>
-<template-output>features_to_test</template-output>
-</step>
-
-<step n="6" goal="TEST - Validate with users">
-Design validation approach and capture learnings. Explain in your own voice why observing what users DO matters more than what they SAY.
-
-Help plan testing (phase: test methods):
-
-- Who will you test with? (aim for 5-7 users)
-- What tasks will they attempt?
-- What questions will you ask?
-- How will you capture feedback?
-
-Guide feedback collection:
-
-- What worked well?
-- Where did they struggle?
-- What surprised them (and you)?
-- What questions arose?
-- What would they change?
-
-Synthesize learnings:
-
-- What assumptions were validated/invalidated?
-- What needs to change?
-- What should stay?
-- What new insights emerged?
-
-<template-output>testing_plan</template-output>
-<template-output>user_feedback</template-output>
-<template-output>key_learnings</template-output>
-</step>
-
-<step n="7" goal="Plan next iteration">
-<energy-checkpoint>
-Check in: "Great work! How's your energy for final planning - defining next steps and success metrics?"
-</energy-checkpoint>
-
-Define clear next steps and success criteria.
-
-Based on testing insights:
-
-- What refinements are needed?
-- What's the priority action?
-- Who needs to be involved?
-- What timeline makes sense?
-- How will you measure success?
-
-Determine next cycle:
-
-- Do you need more empathy work?
-- Should you reframe the problem?
-- Ready to refine prototype?
-- Time to pilot with real users?
-
-<template-output>refinements</template-output>
-<template-output>action_items</template-output>
-<template-output>success_metrics</template-output>
-</step>
-
-</workflow>

package/src/modules/cis/workflows/design-thinking/template.md

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-# Design Thinking Session: {{project_name}}
-
-**Date:** {{date}}
-**Facilitator:** {{user_name}}
-**Design Challenge:** {{design_challenge}}
-
----
-
-## 🎯 Design Challenge
-
-{{challenge_statement}}
-
----
-
-## 👥 EMPATHIZE: Understanding Users
-
-### User Insights
-
-{{user_insights}}
-
-### Key Observations
-
-{{key_observations}}
-
-### Empathy Map Summary
-
-{{empathy_map}}
-
----
-
-## 🎨 DEFINE: Frame the Problem
-
-### Point of View Statement
-
-{{pov_statement}}
-
-### How Might We Questions
-
-{{hmw_questions}}
-
-### Key Insights
-
-{{problem_insights}}
-
----
-
-## 💡 IDEATE: Generate Solutions
-
-### Selected Methods
-
-{{ideation_methods}}
-
-### Generated Ideas
-
-{{generated_ideas}}
-
-### Top Concepts
-
-{{top_concepts}}
-
----
-
-## 🛠️ PROTOTYPE: Make Ideas Tangible
-
-### Prototype Approach
-
-{{prototype_approach}}
-
-### Prototype Description
-
-{{prototype_description}}
-
-### Key Features to Test
-
-{{features_to_test}}
-
----
-
-## ✅ TEST: Validate with Users
-
-### Testing Plan
-
-{{testing_plan}}
-
-### User Feedback
-
-{{user_feedback}}
-
-### Key Learnings
-
-{{key_learnings}}
-
----
-
-## 🚀 Next Steps
-
-### Refinements Needed
-
-{{refinements}}
-
-### Action Items
-
-{{action_items}}
-
-### Success Metrics
-
-{{success_metrics}}
-
----
-
-_Generated using BMAD Creative Intelligence Suite - Design Thinking Workflow_

package/src/modules/cis/workflows/design-thinking/workflow.yaml

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-# Design Thinking Workflow Configuration
-name: "design-thinking"
-description: "Guide human-centered design processes using empathy-driven methodologies. This workflow walks through the design thinking phases - Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test - to create solutions deeply rooted in user needs."
-author: "BMad"
-
-# Critical variables load from config_source
-config_source: "{project-root}/{bmad_folder}/cis/config.yaml"
-output_folder: "{config_source}:output_folder"
-user_name: "{config_source}:user_name"
-communication_language: "{config_source}:communication_language"
-date: system-generated
-
-# Optional inputs for context
-recommended_inputs:
-  - design_context: "Context document passed via data attribute"
-  - user_research: "{output_folder}/research-*.md"
-
-# Context can be provided via data attribute when invoking
-# Example: data="{path}/product-context.md" provides project context
-
-# Module path and component files
-installed_path: "{project-root}/{bmad_folder}/cis/workflows/design-thinking"
-template: "{installed_path}/template.md"
-instructions: "{installed_path}/instructions.md"
-
-# Required Data Files
-design_methods: "{installed_path}/design-methods.csv"
-
-# Output configuration
-default_output_file: "{output_folder}/design-thinking-{{date}}.md"
-
-standalone: true
-
-web_bundle:
-  name: "design-thinking"
-  description: "Guide human-centered design processes using empathy-driven methodologies. This workflow walks through the design thinking phases - Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test - to create solutions deeply rooted in user needs."
-  author: "BMad"
-  instructions: "{bmad_folder}/cis/workflows/design-thinking/instructions.md"
-  template: "{bmad_folder}/cis/workflows/design-thinking/template.md"
-  web_bundle_files:
-    - "{bmad_folder}/cis/workflows/design-thinking/instructions.md"
-    - "{bmad_folder}/cis/workflows/design-thinking/template.md"
-    - "{bmad_folder}/cis/workflows/design-thinking/design-methods.csv"

package/src/modules/cis/workflows/innovation-strategy/README.md

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----
-last-redoc-date: 2025-09-28
----
-
-# Innovation Strategy Workflow
-
-**Type:** Interactive Document Workflow
-**Module:** Creative Intelligence System (CIS)
-
-## Purpose
-
-Identifies disruption opportunities and architects business model innovation through strategic analysis of markets, competitive dynamics, and value chain transformation. Uncovers sustainable competitive advantages and breakthrough opportunities using proven innovation frameworks.
-
-## Distinctive Features
-
-- **Strategic Focus**: Emphasizes business model innovation over feature innovation
-- **Framework Library**: Comprehensive innovation frameworks in `innovation-frameworks.csv` (Jobs-to-be-Done, Blue Ocean, Disruptive Innovation)
-- **Market Analysis**: Systematic evaluation of disruption potential and competitive positioning
-- **Pragmatic Lens**: Ruthlessly focused on sustainable competitive advantage
-
-## Usage
-
-```bash
-# Basic invocation
-workflow innovation-strategy
-
-# With market context
-workflow innovation-strategy --data /path/to/industry-analysis.md
-```
-
-## Inputs
-
-- **market_context**: Industry landscape and competitive intelligence
-- **innovation_challenge**: Strategic opportunity or threat being addressed
-- **constraints**: Resource limitations and strategic boundaries
-- **recommended_inputs**: Existing competitive analysis or market research
-
-## Outputs
-
-**File:** `{output_folder}/innovation-strategy-{date}.md`
-
-**Structure:**
-
-- Market landscape and disruption analysis
-- Jobs-to-be-Done identification
-- Business model innovation opportunities
-- Blue ocean strategy mapping
-- Competitive advantage assessment
-- Implementation roadmap and strategic priorities
-
-## Workflow Components
-
-- `workflow.yaml` - Configuration with innovation_frameworks CSV reference
-- `instructions.md` - Strategic innovation facilitation guide
-- `template.md` - Strategic output format
-- `innovation-frameworks.csv` - Business model innovation frameworks library

package/src/modules/cis/workflows/innovation-strategy/innovation-frameworks.csv

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-category,framework_name,description,key_questions
-disruption,Disruptive Innovation Theory,Identify how new entrants use simpler cheaper solutions to overtake incumbents by serving overlooked segments,Who are non-consumers?|What's good enough for them?|What incumbent weakness exists?|How could simple beat sophisticated?|What market entry point exists?
-disruption,Jobs to be Done,Uncover customer jobs and the solutions they hire to make progress - reveals unmet needs competitors miss,What job are customers hiring this for?|What progress do they seek?|What alternatives do they use?|What frustrations exist?|What would fire this solution?
-disruption,Blue Ocean Strategy,Create uncontested market space by making competition irrelevant through value innovation,What factors can we eliminate?|What should we reduce?|What can we raise?|What should we create?|Where is the blue ocean?
-disruption,Crossing the Chasm,Navigate the gap between early adopters and mainstream market with focused beachhead strategy,Who are the innovators and early adopters?|What's our beachhead market?|What's the compelling reason to buy?|What's our whole product?|How do we cross to mainstream?
-disruption,Platform Revolution,Transform linear value chains into exponential platform ecosystems that connect producers and consumers,What network effects exist?|Who are the producers?|Who are the consumers?|What transaction do we enable?|How do we achieve critical mass?
-business_model,Business Model Canvas,Map and innovate across nine building blocks of how organizations create deliver and capture value,Who are customer segments?|What value propositions?|What channels and relationships?|What revenue streams?|What key resources activities partnerships?|What cost structure?
-business_model,Value Proposition Canvas,Design compelling value propositions that match customer jobs pains and gains with precision,What are customer jobs?|What pains do they experience?|What gains do they desire?|How do we relieve pains?|How do we create gains?|What products and services?
-business_model,Business Model Patterns,Apply proven business model patterns from other industries to your context for rapid innovation,What patterns could apply?|Subscription? Freemium? Marketplace? Razor blade? Bait and hook?|How would this change our model?
-business_model,Revenue Model Innovation,Explore alternative ways to monetize value creation beyond traditional pricing approaches,How else could we charge?|Usage based? Performance based? Subscription?|What would customers pay for differently?|What new revenue streams exist?
-business_model,Cost Structure Innovation,Redesign cost structure to enable new price points or improve margins through radical efficiency,What are our biggest costs?|What could we eliminate or automate?|What could we outsource or share?|How could we flip fixed to variable costs?
-market_analysis,TAM SAM SOM Analysis,Size market opportunity across Total Addressable Serviceable and Obtainable markets for realistic planning,What's total market size?|What can we realistically serve?|What can we obtain near-term?|What assumptions underlie these?|How fast is it growing?
-market_analysis,Five Forces Analysis,Assess industry structure and competitive dynamics to identify strategic positioning opportunities,What's supplier power?|What's buyer power?|What's competitive rivalry?|What's threat of substitutes?|What's threat of new entrants?|Where's opportunity?
-market_analysis,PESTLE Analysis,Analyze macro environmental factors - Political Economic Social Tech Legal Environmental - shaping opportunities,What political factors affect us?|Economic trends?|Social shifts?|Technology changes?|Legal requirements?|Environmental factors?|What opportunities or threats?
-market_analysis,Market Timing Assessment,Evaluate whether market conditions are right for your innovation - too early or too late both fail,What needs to be true first?|What's changing now?|Are customers ready?|Is technology mature enough?|What's the window of opportunity?
-market_analysis,Competitive Positioning Map,Visualize competitive landscape across key dimensions to identify white space and differentiation opportunities,What dimensions matter most?|Where are competitors positioned?|Where's the white space?|What's our unique position?|What's defensible?
-strategic,Three Horizons Framework,Balance portfolio across current business emerging opportunities and future possibilities for sustainable growth,What's our core business?|What emerging opportunities?|What future possibilities?|How do we invest across horizons?|What transitions are needed?
-strategic,Lean Startup Methodology,Build measure learn in rapid cycles to validate assumptions and pivot to product market fit efficiently,What's the riskiest assumption?|What's minimum viable product?|What will we measure?|What did we learn?|Build or pivot?
-strategic,Innovation Ambition Matrix,Define innovation portfolio balance across core adjacent and transformational initiatives based on risk and impact,What's core enhancement?|What's adjacent expansion?|What's transformational breakthrough?|What's our portfolio balance?|What's the right mix?
-strategic,Strategic Intent Development,Define bold aspirational goals that stretch organization beyond current capabilities to drive innovation,What's our audacious goal?|What would change our industry?|What seems impossible but valuable?|What's our moon shot?|What capability must we build?
-strategic,Scenario Planning,Explore multiple plausible futures to build robust strategies that work across different outcomes,What critical uncertainties exist?|What scenarios could unfold?|How would we respond?|What strategies work across scenarios?|What early signals to watch?
-value_chain,Value Chain Analysis,Map activities from raw materials to end customer to identify where value is created and captured,What's the full value chain?|Where's value created?|What activities are we good at?|What could we outsource?|Where could we disintermediate?
-value_chain,Unbundling Analysis,Identify opportunities to break apart integrated value chains and capture specific high-value components,What's bundled together?|What could be separated?|Where's most value?|What would customers pay for separately?|Who else could provide pieces?
-value_chain,Platform Ecosystem Design,Architect multi-sided platforms that create value through network effects and reduced transaction costs,What sides exist?|What value exchange?|How do we attract each side?|What network effects?|What's our revenue model?|How do we govern?
-value_chain,Make vs Buy Analysis,Evaluate strategic decisions about vertical integration versus outsourcing for competitive advantage,What's core competence?|What provides advantage?|What should we own?|What should we partner?|What's the risk of each?
-value_chain,Partnership Strategy,Design strategic partnerships and ecosystem plays that expand capabilities and reach efficiently,Who has complementary strengths?|What could we achieve together?|What's the value exchange?|How do we structure this?|What's governance model?
-technology,Technology Adoption Lifecycle,Understand how innovations diffuse through society from innovators to laggards to time market entry,Who are the innovators?|Who are early adopters?|What's our adoption strategy?|How do we cross chasms?|What's our current stage?
-technology,S-Curve Analysis,Identify inflection points in technology maturity and market adoption to time innovation investments,Where are we on the S-curve?|What's the next curve?|When should we jump curves?|What's the tipping point?|What should we invest in now?
-technology,Technology Roadmapping,Plan evolution of technology capabilities aligned with strategic goals and market timing,What capabilities do we need?|What's the sequence?|What dependencies exist?|What's the timeline?|Where do we invest first?
-technology,Open Innovation Strategy,Leverage external ideas technologies and paths to market to accelerate innovation beyond internal R and D,What could we source externally?|Who has relevant innovation?|How do we collaborate?|What IP strategy?|How do we integrate external innovation?
-technology,Digital Transformation Framework,Reimagine business models operations and customer experiences through digital technology enablers,What digital capabilities exist?|How could they transform our model?|What customer experience improvements?|What operational efficiencies?|What new business models?