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| Criterion |  Innovation TRIZ |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Facilitation Problem Framing Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | When a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h | 45-90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Problem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis Questions |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery |
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