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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.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 system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowHighMedium
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend30-60 min1-4 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone4-122-82-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceIdea pool, Theme clusters, ShortlistContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsContradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
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