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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
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.When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.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 a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHighLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-60 min1-4 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-122-84-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Morphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea ShortlistStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
IdeationInnovationCreativity
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
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