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Criterion
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration for Problem Interview
Product Discovery
Problem Interview
Paper illustration of MVP Test Matrix with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
MVP Test Matrix
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
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 picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution.When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 h30-60 min je Interview45-75 min25-40 min
Participantsdifferent
2-85-12 Interviews2-81-5
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsProblem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer SegmentsTest Matrix, Test PlanLearning Card with evidence and next action
Tagsno overlap
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
DiscoveryInterviewsValidation
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
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