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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Innovation TRIZ |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-4 h | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-8 | 5-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion |
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