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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 for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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.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.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.
Complexitydifferent
HighHighLow
Timedifferent
1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-4 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-102-82-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
InnovationPrototypeResearch
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
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Decision Making
RAPID
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam