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| Criterion |  Innovation Contradiction Analysis |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Innovation TRIZ |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High | High |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 1-5 Tage | 1-4 h | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Contradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |