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Criterion
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Agile
Example Mapping
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Purposedifferent
When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.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
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Timedifferent
30-60 min45-90 min1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-73-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, ShortlistContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
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Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis