I know this is an evergreen topic… how do you get to the point where you can develop case frameworks “from scratch” / “first principles”? I keep reading how memorizing frameworks isn’t the way to go but I can’t seem to come up with great frameworks quickly without relying on some high-level archetypes. Any MBBers that felt they were proficient at casing, would really appreciate your input!

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Understanding frameworks so you can use elements where appropriate is different than memorizing frameworks and trying to shove your problem into one of the ones you know. Good case workers do the former, not the latter.

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I think you memorize 5 frameworks and jam whatever case comes your way into one of them - delivery matters more than

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Yeah this can happen too - it’s nobody’s full-time job

Get comfortable with boilerplate frameworks, then think through process. What are the distinct questions you need to answer that will uncover the key issues / problems so you can propose solutions. Rocketblocks has a lot of structuring exercises with examples from others; might help.

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The goal is to demonstrate structured thinking. If you have a clear case about profit and loss, then structuring into revenue and cost makes sense + adding very case specific sub categories under those makes sense

For less typical business cases, do not try to fit into some standard business framework. Think specifically about how you’d actually attack the question and create a structure from that, even if it is completely unique to this situation and has nothing to do with a boilerplate framework

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