^Name^Learning Cost^Playing Cost^Suggested Phases^ Mechanical Engineer ^ Industrial Design ^ System Engineer ^ Electrical Engineer ^ Production Engineer ^ Software Engineer ^ BusinessNeeds ^ Stakeholder ^ Stakeholder Needs ^ System Requirements ^ System Structure Architecture ^System Functional Architecture ^Detail Hardware Design ^Detail Service Design ^Detail Software Design ^Manufacturing Operations ^Identify Stakeholders ^Elicit Needs ^Remove Ambiguity ^Layman's Terms ^Technical Terms ^Teamworkings^Traceability ^Prioritizing ^Exploring Breadth ^Inside the Box ^Outside the box ^ V&V^Analysis ^Calculus ^Inspection ^Demonstration ^Test ^ |7 Ways|60|200|2,3|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✔|✔|✗|✗| 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2| 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Activity Diagram|100|200|1,2|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✔|✔|✗|✔|✗|✔|✗|✔| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Affinity Diagram|60|200|1|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2| 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Benchmarking|60|250|1,2,3|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔| 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2| 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2| ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Brainstorm|60|250|1,2,3,4|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔| 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4| 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Business Model Canvas|180|300|1|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3| 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |CAD|160|350|3|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✔| 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2| ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |CAM|160|350|3|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✔| 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2| ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Class Diagram|140|350|3|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗| 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Classical Triz|160|300|2,3|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗| 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1| 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Co-creation|140|550|1,2|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✔|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗| 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4| 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3| ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | |DFMA|120|250|3|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✔| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1| 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3| ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Design For Experiments|160|500|2,3,4|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔| 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1| 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4| ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Design For Maintenance|140|300|2,3|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗| 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Design For Safety|140|300|1,2,3|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗| 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2| 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Design Structure Matrix|80|250|2|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✗|✔|✗|✔| 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2| 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Design To Cost|120|200|2,3|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✗|✔|✔|✗|✗| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1| 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3| ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Design review|120|350|1,2,3|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔| 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3| 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4| ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |FAIR data|120|450|3|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗| 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |FMEA|100|250|1,2,3|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✔| 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2| 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Finite Elements Analysis|160|350|3|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4| ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Focus Group|120|250|1|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Fully Functional Prototype|180|500|1,2,3,4|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔| 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4| 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4| ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |Functional Model|100|300|1,2|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗| 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2| ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Infographics|80|100|1,2|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2| 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Interview|80|300|1,2|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2| 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Ishikawa Diagram|60|250|1,2,3,4|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3| 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Knowledge Based Engineering|120|250|3|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✔| 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0| 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Lead User Method|80|300|1,2|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2| ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |MBSE|220|550|2|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗| 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3| 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4| ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Mind Mapping|60|200|1|✔|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2| 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Mockup Design|100|200||✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3| ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | |Morphological Matrix|60|150|2,3|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✔|✔|✗|✗| 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2| 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2| ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Patent Analysis|100|250|1,2,3|✔|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1| 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Personas|80|100|1|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Pugh Chart|80|200|1,2,3|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔| 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Quality Function Deployment|160|400|1,2|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2| 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2| ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Rapid Prototyping|160|350|1,2,3|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔| 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3| ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | |Refactoring|180|400|3|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗| 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2| ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | |Requirements Diagram|100|200|1,2|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Requirements Engineering|140|300|1,2,3|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Reverse Engineering|160|550|2,3|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔| 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2| 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Scamper|120|250|1,2|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1| 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Scenario Planning|120|350|1|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3| 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Sequence Diagram|100|200|1,2|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✔|✔|✗|✔|✗|✔|✗|✔| 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Service Blueprint|80|200|2,3|✗|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗| 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2| ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Simulation|160|400|2,3,4|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✔| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1| 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4| ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Software Alpha Testing|140|400|3,4|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3| ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |Software Beta Testing|140|450|3,4|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | |Software Design Patterns|160|300|2,3|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✗|✗|✔|✗| 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1| 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Stakeholder Map|60|150|1,2|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✔|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |State Transition Diagram|100|200|1,2|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✔|✔|✗|✔|✗|✔|✗|✔| 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Storyboarding|80|150|1,2|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2| ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Storytelling|80|100|1|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Survey|140|400|1,2|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |TRIZ Function Model|140|300|1,2|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2| 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Template|400|400|1,2,3,4|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Trend Analysis|120|200|1,2|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✔| 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2'| 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Trimming|140|150|2,3|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗| | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1| 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2| ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Unique Selling Point|80|250|1|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2| 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Use-Case|120|300|1,2|✗|✗|✔|✗|✗|✔|✗|✔|✗|✔|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗| 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |User Journey Map|120|200|1|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗| 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2| 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2| ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Value Engineering|100|300|2,3|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✔|✔|✔|✔|✗| 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2| ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |Word Tree Method|100|250|1|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✔|✗|✔|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2| 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |