One of the hardest parts of doing good research is figuring out what a good question is. “Good” here encompasses a lot of things, such as * is this an interest

One of the hardest parts of doing good research is figuring out what a good question is. “Good” here encompasses a lot of things, such as * is this an interesting problem to me? * is this an interesting problem for my students? * is this an interesting problem for the community? * codes my team have the skill set to solve this problem? * is this problem even within the reach of existing techniques? * if not, what are the intermediate steps required to get there?