TRIZ For Dummies

Use TRIZ to unlock creative problem solving

Are you new to TRIZ and looking for an easy-to-follow guide on how you can use it to enhance your company’s creativity, innovation and problem-solving abilities? Look no further! Written in plain English and packed with tons of accessible and easy-to-follow instruction, TRIZ For Dummies shows you how to use this powerful toolkit to discover all the ways of solving a problem, uncover new concepts and identify previously unseen routes for new product development.

An international science that relies on the study of patterns in problems and solutions, TRIZ offers a powerful problem-solving and creativity-generating solution for companies looking to promote innovation, especially in the face of having to do more with less. Inside, you’ll find out how to successfully apply this problem-solving toolkit to benefit from the experience of the whole world—not just the spontaneous and occasional creativity of individuals or groups of engineers with an organisation.

• Learn to think like a genius with TRIZ
• Discover the benefits of TRIZ as a tool for businesses
• Find fun and simple exercises for putting TRIZ into practise
• Benefit from industry examples of where TRIZ has worked—and how

With the help of TRIZ For Dummies, you’ll get the skills needed to see the wood for the trees and solve complex problems with creativity, ingenuity and innovation.

Table of Contents

Part I: Getting Started with TRIZ
Chapter 1: Going from Zero to TRIZ
Chapter 2: Understanding the Fundamental TRIZ Philosophy

Part II: Opening Your TRIZ Toolbox
Chapter 3: Solving Contradictions with the 40 Inventive Principles
Chapter 4: Applying the Trends of Technical Evolution
Chapter 5: Improving Ideality by Using Resources
Chapter 6: Using the TRIZ Effects Database

Part III: Thinking Like a Genius
Chapter 7: Breaking Psychological Inertia with the TRIZ Creativity Tools
Chapter 8: Thinking in Time and Scale
Chapter 9: Living in Utopia (then Coming Back to Reality)
Chapter 10: Problem Solving and Being Creative with Others

Part IV: Understanding, Defining and Solving Difficult Problems with TRIZ
Chapter 11: Applying the TRIZ Problem-Solving Process
Chapter 12: Getting to Grips with Your Problems with Function Analysis
Chapter 13: Solving Problems using the TRIZ Standard Solutions
Chapter 14: Trimming for Elegant, Low-Cost Solutions

Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 15: Ten Pitfalls to Avoid
Chapter 16: Ten Tips for Getting Started with TRIZ

Part VI: Appendixes
Appendix A: The 40 Inventive Principles
Appendix B: The Contradiction Matrix
Appendix C: The 39 Parameters of the Contradiction Matrix
Appendix D: The Separation Principles
Appendix E: The Oxford TRIZ Standard Solutions