TRIZ 40

TRIZ

TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) was invented by Russian Scientist Genrich Altshuller after studying 2 million patents. He discovered that most inventions exhibit recurring patterns and follow some principles which he classified into a generic list of 40 inventive principles known as the TRIZ 40 principles. The 40 principles are generic and can be applied across different problems, products and industries to create systematic and innovative solutions. Below is the list of the 40 principles:

Principle 1. Segmentation
Principle 2. Taking out
Principle 3. Local quality
Principle 4. Asymmetry
Principle 5. Merging
Principle 6. Universality
Principle 7. “Nested doll”
Principle 8. Anti-weight
Principle 9. Preliminary anti-action
Principle 10. Preliminary action
Principle 11. Beforehand cushioning
Principle 12. Equipotentiality
Principle 13. ‘The other way round’
Principle 14. Spheroidality – Curvature
Principle 15. Dynamics
Principle 16. Partial or excessive actions
Principle 17. Another dimension
Principle 18. Mechanical vibration
Principle 19. Periodic action
Principle 20. Continuity of useful action
Principle 21. Skipping
Principle 22. “Blessing in disguise” or “Turn Lemons into Lemonade”
Principle 23. Feedback
Principle 24. ‘Intermediary’
Principle 25. Self-service
Principle 26. Copying
Principle 27. Cheap short-living objects
Principle 28. Mechanics substitution
Principle 29. Pneumatics and hydraulics
Principle 30. Flexible shells and thin films
Principle 31. Porous materials
Principle 32. Color changes
Principle 33. Homogeneity
Principle 34. Discarding and recovering
Principle 35. Parameter changes
Principle 36. Phase transitions
Principle 37. Thermal expansion
Principle 38. Strong oxidants
Principle 39. Inert atmosphere
Principle 40. Composite materials

References:
1. Source : Triz Journal Article Archive , 1997
2. Author : Ellen Domb

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Applications and Benefits

Applications of TRIZ

TRIZ was originally created to deal with engineering problem solving. However it has been extended to applications in many other non-engineering and management fields.

The application of TRIZ helps to encourage organisational problem solving as well as creative thinking which is useful for analysing systems and operations, identifying and defining problems. TRIZ is a systematic approach to innovation which can be used to formulate processes to improve products, services, and systems.

Large and small companies are using TRIZ on many levels to solve real, practical everyday problems and to develop strategies for the future of technology. TRIZ is in use at ABB, Bosch, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Kraft, Motorola, Procter & Gamble, Samsung, Eli Lilly, Jet Propulsion Laboratories, 3M, Siemens, Phillips, LG, and hundreds more. TRIZ is applicable to every industry and in every environment for the acceleration and innovation of problem solving.

Benefits of TRIZ

TRIZ enables an organization to become truly innovative in formulating its strategic identity. At the corporate level, TRIZ is an engine for rational, structured and historically proven idea generation, the DNA of Strategic Thinking. TRIZ, in concert with other Strategic Thinking tools, generates a set of data that changes the way organisations think and plan the future, and the way they connect strategy with execution. TRIZ helps companies generate more solutions of a higher quality in less time. It can also be used to improve the scope and strength of intellectual property.

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Introduction to TRIZ – Theory of Inventory Problem Solving

Creativity & Innovation

Whilst everyone is aware of the need for organisations to become more innovative and creative, very little will come of this unless people have the skills to innovate. Whilst some innovations do result from gifted people or by flashes of insight, these are really quite rare.

The good news is that with TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving), a powerful methodology founded by a Russian scientist, anyone can be innovative and creative. The underlying concept of TRIZ is that innovation and creativity can result from logical processes through a systematic approach.

TRIZ is rapidly gaining popularity as a powerful methodology for enhancing innovation and creativity inside corporate environments. Research and development teams, product developers, manufacturers and service businesses alike are finding TRIZ to be a powerful tool for solving practical problems and building new technologies in their business

TRIZ 40

TRIZ (pronounced “treez”) is the Russian acronym for Theory of Inventive Problem Solving. It was founded in 1946 by a Russian engineer and scientist, Genrich Altshuller who worked in the patent department of the Soviet Navy. His primary responsibility was to assist inventors in filing patents but because he was a gifted inventor he was often asked for help in solving problems encountered during the innovation process. He analyzed over 400,000 patents from different fields of engineering.

Altshuller studied those patents with the most effective solutions. His empirical studies revealed objective laws, or trends, in the evolution of technical systems. From these he formulated his main postulate: the evolution of engineering systems is not a random process, but obeys certain laws. From these laws Altshuller formulated his eight Patterns of Evolution of technical systems. These patterns can be utilized for conscious system development, including problem solving. He classified these patterns into a generic list of 40 inventive principles known as the TRIZ 40 principles.

Realizing that an innovation represents a fundamental change to a technological system, and is therefore subject to analysis, Altshuller turned his attention to the patent fund, screening over 200,000 patents from all over the world. He identified 40,000 patents that constituted “inventive” achievements, and began a rigorous analysis of these.

The results of his efforts formed the theoretical basis of TRIZ and laid the groundwork for the problem-solving tools that would later be developed. As the TRIZ methodology grew over the next four decades, the patent research continued; by the mid 1980s over 2 million patents had been investigated.

The three primary findings of this research are as follows:
1. Problems and solutions were repeated across industries and sciences
2. Patterns of technical evolution were repeated across industries and sciences.
3. Innovations used scientific effects outside the field where they were developed

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