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| Criterion |  Innovation TRIZ |  Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree |  Operations Root Cause 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. | A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once. | When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h | 2-6 h | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident |
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