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Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
Purposedifferent
For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen45-60 minMehrere Tage bis Wochen
Participantsdifferent
4-102-82-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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Problem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk rankingMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic Recommendations
Tagsno overlap
InnovationPrototypeResearch
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
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Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier Analysis
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper illustration of Family Tree Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Family Tree Analysis
Paper illustration for Fault Tree Analysis.
Operations
Fault Tree Analysis