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| Criterion |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In critical processes, it is not enough to plan only for the normal case. Failure Scenario Analysis looks at the path into failure and shows which failures, chains, and control gaps cause the most damage. | 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 experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-10 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | FailureResilienceRisk | InnovationPrototypeResearch | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |
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