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Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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MORT Analysis
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration of Family Tree Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Family Tree Analysis
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Barrier Analysis
Purposedifferent
For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.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.For a series of incidents with a similar pattern, the method arranges individual events as branches of a common origin. It makes visible which conditions keep recurring.For a risk that can only be managed through multiple layers of protection, the method examines the effectiveness of each barrier. It shows where safeguards are missing, too weak, or fail under real conditions.
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Timedifferent
Mehrere Tage bis Wochen1-4 h2-4 h2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
2-62-82-62-6
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
MORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsFamily Tree Diagram, Pattern Notes, Systemic MeasuresBarrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action Backlog
Tagsno overlap
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
Root causePatternsIncidentSystemic
Root causeSafetyIncident
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