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'''Creative problem-solving''' ('''CPS''')<ref name=":0" /> is the mental process of searching for anhttps://myarticlelibrary4u.blogspot.com/2019/09/13-go-to-hacks-for-when-you-need-boost.htmlan original and previously unknown solution to a problem. To qualify, the solution must be novel and reached independently.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://punya.educ.msu.edu/presentations//group-dynamics-assignment|title=Creative problem solving for teachers|author=Michigan State University}}{{dead link|fix-attempted=|date=March 2017}}</ref> The creative [[problem-solving]] process was originally developed by [[Alex Osborn]] and [[Sid Parnes]].<ref name=":0" />

== Creative solution types ==

The process of creative problem-solving usually begins with defining the problem. This may lead to finding a simple non-creative solution, a textbook solution, or discovering prior solutions developed by other individuals. If the discovered solution is sufficient, the process may then be abandoned.<ref name=":0">[httphttps://wwwmyarticlelibrary4u.creativeeducationfoundationblogspot.orgcom/creative2019/09/13-problemgo-solving/to-hacks-for-when-you-need-boost.html Definition of creative problem solving] on Alex Osborn's (inventor of the term and process of [[brainstorming]]) Creative Education Foundation website.</ref><ref>[httphttps://wwwmyarticlelibrary4u.ublogspot.arizona.edu/~dusanacom/psych325presession2019/notes09/CH11.ppt&ei=CG7kUMmLLof44QSF3oCwBQ&usg=AFQjCNHIBTx2KJRqQEGiABvCJuPAPSkkuQ&sig2=OIt8RA3BVdpyqHigVwilwQ&bvm=bv13-go-to-hacks-for-when-you-need-boost.1355534169,d.bGEhtml Problem definition]{{deadwikipedia 2nd linksite|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in presentation on creative problem-solving, on the [[University of Arizona]] website</ref>

A creative solution will often have distinct characteristics that include using only existing components, or the problematic factor, as the basis for the solution. However, a change of perspective may in many cases be helpful.<ref>[http://www.creativethinkingassoc.com/mikevance.html Mike Vence about the 9 dots as a corporate promotion of creative thinking] at the [[Walt Disney Company]] (Creative Thinking Association website)</ref> A solution may also be considered creative if readily available components can be used to solve the problem within a short time limit<ref>[http://wmsci2012.wordpress.com/2012/07/13/enhanced-creativity-and-problem-solving-an-interdisciplinary-approach/ About creative problem solving] in an invitation to a conference by the [[University of South Alabama]]</ref> (factors typical to the solutions employed by the title character in the television series [[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]).