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Criterion
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Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
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Product Discovery
Concierge MVP
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
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 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 an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 h60-120 min1-4 Wochen25-40 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-83-10 Kunden1-5
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsContradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept IdeasConcierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP RisksLearning Card with evidence and next action
Tagsno overlap
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
MVPValidationServiceDiscovery
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
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