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| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Innovation Brainwriting |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. | When systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 15-30 min | 30-240 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 3-12 | 1-6 | 10-50 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |