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| Criterion |  Innovation TRIZ |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  Agile Example Mapping |  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 a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update. | When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h | 20-40 min pro Story | 30-60 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-6 | 3-7 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | Contradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving |