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Criterion
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological 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.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 h1-3 h1-3 h
Participantssame
2-82-82-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
IdeationInnovationCreativity
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Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming