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Introduction 1 About This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4
Part I: Getting Started with TRIZ 5
Chapter 1: Going from Zero to TRIZ 7 Getting to Know TRIZ 8 Increasing Ideality 8 Uncovering patterns in human creativity 10 Learning to think in the abstract 11 Connecting conceptual thinking with your knowledge and experience 13 Going beyond your own experience 14 Thinking functionally 15 Starting Your TRIZ Journey 16 Getting a handle on the TRIZ tools 16 Reapplying proven knowledge to deliver innovative new solutions 17 Modelling problems conceptually 19 Supercharging your thinking 20 Mastering TRIZ 22 Putting the tools together in the TRIZ problemsolving process 22 Innovating with others by sharing solutions 24 Cultivating the motivation for innovation 24 Being humble and looking like a genius 26
Chapter 2: Understanding the Fundamental TRIZ Philosophy 27 Thinking TRIZ 28 Picturing TRIZ''s beginnings 28 Standing on the shoulders of giants - or reinventing the wheel? 29 Understanding the TRIZ Philosophy 30 Learning to think conceptually 30 Reapplying proven knowledge to solve problems 32 Getting everything you want without changing anything 34 Developing confidence 35 Being Systematic and Creative 36 Using TRIZ processes for understanding and solving problems 36 Thinking freely 37 Challenging assumptions 37
Part II: Opening Your TRIZ Toolbox 39
Chapter 3: Solving Contradictions with the 40 Inventive Principles 41 Uncovering and Understanding Unresolved Conflicts 41 Spotting contradictions and seeing how they''re resolved 42 Understanding the two types of contradiction 44 Reapplying other people''s genius solutions 44 Solving Technical Contradictions 46 Improving imperfect solutions with a little help from your friends 48 Using the Contradiction Matrix 48 Getting to Grips with Physical Contradictions 53 Resolving Physical Contradictions 54 Clever Tricks to Outsmart Contradictions: Using the 40 Inventive Principles 56 Applying the 40 Inventive Principles to real problems 56 Digging for buried treasure in the right places 58
Chapter 4: Applying the Trends of Technical Evolution 61 Looking More Closely at the Trends 62 Discovering the 8 Trends 65 Charting future product directions 69 Achieving a system''s ultimate destiny 73 Applying the Trends 74 Listening to the voice of the product 75 Using the Trends to develop a nextgeneration system 76 Moving systems forward and knowing when to go back 78 Applying the Trends More Generally 79 Increasing Ideality 79 Transition to the SuperSystem 79 Increasing System Coordination 79 SCurves 80 Using the Trends to Create Strong Patents 80 Strengthening and ringfencing your own patents 80 Leapfrogging competitors'' technology 81
Chapter 5: Improving Ideality by Using Resources 83 Understanding the Ideality Equation: How TRIZ Defines Value 84 Defining benefits 84 Defining costs 86 Defining downsides 86 Putting the Ideality Equation together 87 Understanding the Links Between Benefits, Functions and Solutions 89 Thinking Resourcefully 90 Understanding resources and where to find them 91 Learning how to hunt for resources 92 Getting what you want using what you have 95 Embedding resource thinking into everyday life 96
Chapter 6: Using the TRIZ Effects Database 99 Thinking Innovatively with the Prism of TRIZ 100 Taking out unnecessary detail 100 Reapplying clever solutions in new and exciting ways 102 Making new connections between existing technologies 104 Using the Database of Scientific Effects 105 Learning to look for what you want 105 Applying the Effects Database to solve problems 106 Strategies for analogous searching 109 Inventing with TRIZ 110 Matching needs and systems 110 Uncovering unmet needs 113 Applying existing technologies to create novel inventions 114
Part III: Thinking Like a Genius 117
Chapter 7: Breaking Psychological Inertia with the TRIZ Creativity Tools 119 Recognising Psychological Inertia 120 Appreciating the Benefits of Psychological Inertia 122 Beating Psychological Inertia 124 Why bad solutions are a good idea 124 Using the 13 TRIZ tools for creative thinking 125 Understanding and Solving Problems Using Smart Little People 127 Modelling problems and solutions conceptually 128 Breaking out of practical thinking 129 Bringing wacky ideas back to reality 130 Stretching Your Thinking with Size-Time-Cost 132 Restructuring your view of what''s possible 133 Finding inventive solutions 134
Chapter 8: Thinking in Time and Scale 137 Stretching Your Thinking in Time and Scale 137 Remembering to stretch yourself 140 Considering whether 9 boxes are really enough 141 Thinking big and thinking small 142 Looking at your situation with new eyes 143 Understanding Problems in Time and Scale 144 Recognising the importance of the big picture 145 Mapping causes of problems and hazards 145 Thinking strategically: Predicting future opportunities and threats 145 Finding Novel Solutions in Time and Scale 148 Locating inventive times and places to solve a problem 148 Covering the waterfront by finding all possible solutions 149 Learning to Think in Time and Scale 151
Chapter 9: Living in Utopia (then Coming Back to Reality) 153 Defining the Ideal Outcome 153 Locating your North Star: Setting your problemsolving direction 154 Outlining benefits as a team 154 Striving for perfection with the Ideal Outcome, Prime Benefit and Ultimate Goal 156 Setting your constraints 158 Considering stakeholders: Don''t be afraid to ask your customers 159 Taking a Step Towards Reality with Ideal Systems 160 Thinking of what you want and then getting it 160 Using 9 Boxes to define your Ideal System 161 Using divergent thinking with Ideal Functions 162 Making Sensible Decisions by Considering All Benefits, Costs and Harms 163 From perfection to reality: Defining the Ideality you want 164 Learning to compare apples and pears 165 Thinking about the unthinkable: Managing risk 166
Chapter 10: Problem Solving and Being Creative with Others 167 Going for What You Really Want 167 Thinking in Extremes 170 Challenging constraints: Real or imagined? 170 Restructuring problems and solutions 173 Thinking crazily (while being practical) 173 Being Persistent in the Face of Failure 175 Improving imperfect solutions 175 Fixing things when something''s gone wrong 177 Knowing when to stop 178 Sharing and Developing Ideas with Other People 178 Recognising why bad solutions are a good idea 179 Seeing the flaws in your own solutions 180 Learning to love other people''s solutions 181 Capturing, sharing and combining solutions 181 Creating a climate for innovation 182
Part IV: Understanding, Defining and Solving Difficult Problems with TRIZ 185
Chapter 11: Applying the TRIZ ProblemSolving Process 187 Logically and Systematically Solving Problems 187 Trusting the process (and yourself) 188 Making big leaps by taking small steps 189 Developing your own problemsolving map 189 Climbing the ProblemSolving Steps 191 Understanding the overall process 191 Sharpening the axe 193 Knowing your needs and scoping the situation 195 Defining your problem correctly 195 Generating Solutions 196 Expecting the unexpected 196 Applying the TRIZ solution tools 197 Ranking and Developing Solutions 198 Developing solutions further 198 Ranking solutions by Ideality 199 Converging by concept 200 Solving Difficult Problems Effectively in a Team 201 Gaining team understanding and consensus 201 Converging and diverging 201 Thinking fast and thinking slow 202 Putting solutions into practice 203
Chapter 12: Getting to Grips with Your Problems with Function Analysis 205 Making Complex Problems Simple 205 Understanding the building blocks of Function Analysis 207 Defining interactions: The good, the bad and the ugly 208 Charting all parts of your system and beyond 210 Building a Function Analysis Diagram 212 Completing a Function Analysis 212 Listing your components and their interactions 212 Drawing a Function Map 213 Listing, prioritising and solving problems 213 Uncovering Conflicts: Putting Contradictions in Context 214 Understanding How Everything Fits Together 215 Using Function Analysis 216 Modelling difficult problems 217 Gaining the confidence required to change things 218 Achieving clarity in complex situations 220 Communicating effectively 220
Chapter 13: Solving Problems using the TRIZ Standard Solutions 223 Defining a Subject-action-Object 223 Categorising