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Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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 loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
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Timedifferent
1-4 h60-120 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
2-85-124-100+
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group PriorityIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
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InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis