Full 8-stage Gordon-Prince excursion process — deliberate departure from the problem into unrelated domains, then force-fit discoveries back to generate breakthrough solutions.

State Ledger

Resource

Target

Current

web-search

web-research

paper-overview

paper-search

paper-research

HARD-GATE

Cannot exit strategy until ≥80% of each budget line is consumed OR yield targets are met with justification for remaining budget.

Available Tactics

Tactic

Role

excursion-orchestration

Orchestrate departure → force-fit → springboard

compressed-conflict

Generate compressed conflicts during excursion

analogy-extraction

Extract analogies from excursion domain

Available SOPs

SOP

Role

excursion-departure

Leave problem, explore unrelated domain

direct-analogy-generation

Find analogies in excursion domain

personal-identification

Embody elements in excursion domain

symbolic-compression

Compress excursion findings into oxymorons

force-fit

Force-fit discoveries back to problem

springboard-launch

Convert force-fitted ideas into solutions

synectics-synthesis

Synthesize full excursion report

Execution Guidance

Problem statement: Briefly state the problem (PAG — Problem As Given)

Purge: Get obvious solutions out of the way

PAU: Restate Problem As Understood — the essential challenge

Excursion trigger: Choose an unrelated domain (nature, art, sport, etc.)

Explore: Deep-dive into the excursion domain, noting interesting mechanisms

Force-fit: Deliberately connect excursion discoveries to the problem

Springboard: "I wish..." or "How to..." statements from force-fit

Develop: Build springboards into concrete solution concepts

name	excursion-method
description	Full 8-stage Gordon-Prince excursion process. Deliberate departure from the problem into unrelated domains, then force-fit discoveries back.
execution	strategy
used-by	synectics