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## Pattern Selection Guide
**Choose Perspective Multiplication if you:**
- Need diverse viewpoints on same problem
- Want to break out of existing mental models
- Serve multiple stakeholder groups
- Want 15-25 ideas from single brainstorming session
**Choose Constraint Variation if you:**
- Have resource limitations (budget, time, team)
- Want implementable ideas (not blue-sky thinking)
- Need ideas ranked by feasibility
- Want creativity to emerge from limitations
**Choose Inversion (Worst Possible Idea) if you:**
- Need to identify risks and failure modes
- Want to challenge assumptions
- Are designing for robustness/resilience
- Need to convince skeptical stakeholders
**Choose Analogical Transfer if you:**
- Want breakthrough innovation (30-40% higher novelty)
- Need cross-industry perspective
- Have time for deeper brainstorming session
- Want ideas that competitors haven't considered
**Choose Scenario/Time-Based if you:**
- Making strategic decisions with long-term implications
- Need alignment on future direction
- Want to identify inflection points
- Need to future-proof decisions
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