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Criterion
Paper illustration for Solution Interview
Product Discovery
Solution Interview
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
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Innovation
TRIZ
Purposedifferent
When a solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation.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.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
30-60 min je Interview1-3 h60-120 min1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
5-10 Interviews2-82-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation NotesMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea ShortlistContradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept IdeasContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts
Tagsno overlap
ValidationInterviewsPrototype
IdeationInnovationCreativity
ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
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