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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
Paper matrix with seven SCAMPER rows, operator prompts and variations for a course portal.
Innovation
SCAMPER
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.For an existing solution under pressure to change, the method deliberately opens space for systematic variants. It directs attention to rebuilding, combining, and repurposing rather than only new basic ideas. This produces concrete evolution paths for products, offerings, or workflows.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
60-120 min30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-82-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept IdeasRAID Log, Status Report SourceMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea ShortlistSCAMPER Idea List, Concept Shortlist, Variation Notes
Tagsno overlap
ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
IdeationInnovationCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityReframingInnovation
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