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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
Paper illustration for Fault Isolation.
Engineering
Fault Isolation
Paper illustration of Rolestorming with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rolestorming
Purposedifferent
For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately.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 a search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-180 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-63-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Morphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea ShortlistFault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault AreaRollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte Shortlist
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IdeationInnovationCreativity
TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering
BrainstormingIdeationCreativity
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Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
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Reverse Brainstorming