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| Criterion |  Innovation Reverse Brainstorming |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Innovation Morphological Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | Mehrere Wochen | 30-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Reverse Ideas, Risk Themes, Solution Ideas | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Morphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityRisk | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | IdeationInnovationCreativity |