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Criterion
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
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 the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitydifferent
HighHighMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 h4-5 Tage1-3 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-85-82-84-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsPrototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea ShortlistIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
IdeationInnovationCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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