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Criterion
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Purposedifferent
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 two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.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.
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Timedifferent
1-4 h1-4 Wochen60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-62-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
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Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryContradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas
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InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
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ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
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Product Discovery
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