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| Criterion |  Innovation TRIZ |  Growth A/B Testing |  Innovation Contradiction Analysis |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h | 1-4 Wochen | 60-120 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-6 | 2-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Contradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |