TRIZ turns inventive problem
solving into a Structured
Pipeline
TRIZ is a body of methods for understanding technical systems, contradictions, resources and recurring patterns of innovation. Its purpose is not to replace engineering judgment, but to make difficult problem solving more systematic.
What TRIZ helps teams do
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Define the useful function and the technical problem more precisely
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Separate harmful effects, insufficiencies and conflicting requirements
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Formulate technical and physical contradictions
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Use existing system and supersystem resources more intelligently
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Explore solution principles and mechanisms beyond familiar experience
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Identify how technical systems evolve and where the next transition may occur
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Search for analogous solutions outside the immediate industry
Core Concepts
Functions
Describe what one element does to another and which parameter changes.
Contradictions
Expose requirements that appear to demand incompatible states or performance.
Ideal Final Result
Clarify the useful result while minimizing added complexity and resource consumption.
Resources
Use substances, fields, space, time, information, functions, and environmental resources already available.
Trimming
Remove or simplify system elements while preserving required functions.
Evolution
Study recurring directions of technical-system development.
Function-Oriented Search
Search for leading solutions by generalizing function.
Substantiation
Connect inventive direction to mechanism, evidence and test.
TRIZ at TRIZ Asia
TRIZ Asia combines TRIZ with value analysis, product and process modelling, cause-effect reasoning, technology search, concept substantiation and implementation support. The objective is not to use more tools. It is to solve the right problem with the right level of evidence.
