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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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.For persistent errors or blockages, the method shifts the view to the opposite of the desired effect. It exposes the mechanics of failure and makes hidden causes easier to grasp. This makes improvement more concrete and the problem clearer.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 central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowHighLow
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend30-60 min1-4 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-122-83-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceReverse Ideas, Risk Themes, Solution IdeasContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityRisk
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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