Timeline for How do I troubleshoot when I have no clue where to start?
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| Apr 2, 2011 at 10:05 | history | edited | Tamara Wijsman | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 21, 2011 at 23:28 | history | edited | Tamara Wijsman | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 21, 2011 at 16:33 | comment | added | Florenz Kley | sensible division! What I meant to say is "don't fix stuff faster than you can attribute a change to an observed delta". Using a lab book with pages I can't tear out is my method to ensure I can do it. | |
| Mar 21, 2011 at 14:21 | comment | added | Tamara Wijsman | @Florenz: Well, by dividing you either take them one by one (for a small number, or when you can't base yourself on multiple causes) or you split them up (for a larger number, when you can check multiple things at once. Splitting up in halfs, if possible, is faster than doing them one by one. For example, to troubleshoot 100 things you only need to test it 8 times (100->50->25->13->7->4->2->1), instead of 100 times... | |
| Mar 21, 2011 at 11:27 | comment | added | Florenz Kley | how about "change one thing at a time"? | |
| Mar 20, 2011 at 23:18 | history | edited | Tamara Wijsman | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 20, 2011 at 22:48 | comment | added | Bevan | +1 Brilliant answer. Only thing to add is this: Test your assumptions | |
| Mar 20, 2011 at 20:31 | vote | accept | Chris Walton | ||
| Mar 20, 2011 at 20:31 | comment | added | Chris Walton | +1 for divide and conquer. Accepted for specification of description, tracking back, and mechanisms to divide and conquer the problem. | |
| Mar 20, 2011 at 20:22 | history | edited | Tamara Wijsman | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 20, 2011 at 19:54 | history | answered | Tamara Wijsman | CC BY-SA 2.5 |