21. The system of claim 1 further comprising at least one analysis or analysis tool or both, that comprises at least one preformatted analysis construct comprising at least one of timeline, sequence, comparison analysis, comparison and contrast analysis, categorization analysis, tree analysis, causation analysis, or customized analyses, or a combination thereof.
1. A system for guiding the progressive development and documentation of user thinking and knowledge about an inquiry based project according to exemplary approaches used by experts, comprising: An interface; A process manager system executable on at least one processor and operable to execute activities comprising: receiving user specification of an initial stage of understanding regarding an arbitrary problem or inquiry based project according to at least one of a plurality of entry or starting points; Providing at least one of an interactive workspace or a suggestion to a user, or both, to facilitate the further development of the understanding regarding an arbitrary problem or inquiry project towards a completion stage; Providing an integrated archetype based model of user understanding regarding the arbitrary problem or inquiry based project, in display or output or both.