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Criterion
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Purposedifferent
In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
90-180 min1-3 h1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
4-122-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Rights Matrix, AgreementMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea ShortlistContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts
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DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
IdeationInnovationCreativity
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
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Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
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Innovation
Brainstorming