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Criterion
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-4 h20–45 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-8Small cross-functional group1-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
Tagsno overlap
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing