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category,method_name,description,facilitation_prompts,best_for,complexity,typical_duration |
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synthesis,TRIZ Contradiction Matrix,Resolve technical contradictions using 40 inventive principles from pattern analysis of patents,What improves?|What worsens?|What's the contradiction?|What principles apply?|How to resolve? |
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synthesis,Lateral Thinking Techniques,Use provocative operations and random entry to break pattern-thinking and access novel solutions,Make a provocation|Challenge assumptions|Use random stimulus|Escape dominant ideas|Generate alternatives |
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synthesis,Morphological Analysis,Systematically explore all combinations of solution parameters to find non-obvious optimal configurations,What are key parameters?|What options exist for each?|Try different combinations|What patterns emerge?|What's optimal? |
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synthesis,Biomimicry Problem Solving,Learn from nature's 3.8 billion years of R&D to find elegant solutions to engineering challenges,How does nature solve this?|What biological analogy?|What principles transfer?|How to adapt? synthesis,Biomimicry Problem Solving,Learn from nature's 3.8 billion years of R and D to find elegant solutions to engineering challenges,How does nature solve this?|What biological analogy?|What principles transfer?|How to adapt? |
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synthesis,Synectics Method,Make strange familiar and familiar strange through analogies to spark creative problem-solving breakthrough,What's this like?|How are they similar?|What metaphor fits?|What does that suggest?|What insight emerges? |
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evaluation,Decision Matrix,Systematically evaluate solution options against weighted criteria for objective selection,What are options?|What criteria matter?|What weights?|Rate each option|Calculate scores|What wins? |
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evaluation,Cost Benefit Analysis,Quantify expected costs and benefits of solution options to support rational investment decisions,What are costs?|What are benefits?|Quantify each|What's payback period?|What's ROI?|What's recommended? |
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