Create
A create task generates, synthesizes, derives, or transforms information.
Use create when the decision process produces something new.
Typical Questions
- What new options can be generated?
- What new features should be derived?
- What explanation or score should be produced?
- What report should be assembled?
- What design alternatives should be created?
- What new pattern can be inferred from the evidence?
Definition
In a create task, the output is not simply a selected or filtered subset of the input. Instead, the task produces new information, new options, modified options, or options of a different type.
The typology paper describes create as a task for assembling, synthesizing, or generating new information. It may add new options, add new features to existing options, or transform input information into a different kind of output.
When to use create
Use a create task when:
- new options are generated;
- existing information is transformed;
- features, scores, annotations, or summaries are derived;
- users synthesize evidence into insight;
- the output is a report, plan, explanation, hypothesis, or new design.
Home-buying Example
In a homebuying scenario, the system can create new decision support artifacts from the listing data.
For example, it may generate a shortlist of candidate homes, derive monthly payment estimates, calculate commute or school-fit scores, or assemble neighborhood summaries from raw listing information.
This is a create task because the output is not simply a filtered subset of the input. The workflow produces new information that helps the buyer reason about the homes under consideration.