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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause 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 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.When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend60-120 min1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-83-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceContradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept IdeasProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan
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RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
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