Reminds me a lot of the list in a book I just started reading - G. Polya’s How to Solve It 1. Understand the problem 2. Devise a plan 3. Carry out the plan

Reminds me a lot of the list in a book I just started reading - G. Polya’s How to Solve It 1. Understand the problem 2. Devise a plan 3. Carry out the plan 4. Look back In particular when talking about devising the plan: “If you cannot solve the proposed problem try to solve first some related problem. Could you imagine a more accessible related problem? A more general problem? A more special problem? An analogous problem? Could you solve a part of the problem?...” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Solve_It https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Solve_It