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Criterion
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
Purposedifferent
When a system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 min30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept IdeasRAID Log, Status Report SourceMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
IdeationInnovationCreativity
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Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)