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Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
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.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 wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 h1-3 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-84-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea ShortlistSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
IdeationInnovationCreativity
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
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Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue