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The Altshuller Institute for TRIZ Studies |
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The Altshuller Institute is a 501(c) (3) Non-Profit organization that exists for the benefit of those who: know the TRIZ Methodology, for those who want to learn TRIZ, and wish to export TRIZ for the benefit of all mankind.
We are the only organization officially authorized by Genrikh Altshuller, the founder of TRIZ, to use his name. TRIZ (pronounced treez) is the Russian acronym for the "Theory of Inventive Problem Solving." TRIZ is a powerful methodolog, based on empirical data, that can provide solution concepts for a wide range of technical and non-technical problems. |
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Improving the Fuzzy Front End of Product Development for Continuous Innovation Incorporating TRIZ |
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Inside TRIZ  April 2012
Don Coates Improving the Fuzzy Front End of Product Development for Continuous Innovation Incorporating TRIZ Why have many legacy companies been unable to innovate continuously? A study of several famous companies that have stumbled in innovation reveals that it is not just one activity but a multitude of them that are not executed well. That is why "if it were easy everyone would be doing it." Innovation has been defined as invention brought to the market. The federal government has tried to measure innovation and found it very difficult. Work is ongoing to collect information on important factors for innovation but most measure factors that are results versus critical skills that drive innovation. A model for continuous innovation has been developed from a variety of sources, including the author's 40 years in the appliance industry. The model incorporates four key parts and arguably the most important part is problem solving and problem identification. This is where TRIZ plays a critical role since problems poorly solved or not solved lead to weak invention and innovation that can be trumped easily. The details of the model will be explained with associated forms that are useful for implementation. Read More... |
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Creative Problem-Solving Methodologies TRIZ/USIT |
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TRIZ Features  April 2012
Dr. Toru Nakagawa Creative Problem-Solving Methodologies TRIZ/USIT: Overview of My 14 Years in Research, Education, and Promotion The capability of solving problems creatively is most desirable and indispensable not only for individual persons, regardless a student or a working adult, but also for companies, organizations, communities, and even countries. Since I joined Osaka Gakuin University in 1998, I have been working principally on the theme of 'methodologies for creative problem solving' in research, education, and promotion of social penetration. On retiring the University in March this year, it is my great pleasure to have a chance of publishing here an overview of my work for these 14 years. The core of my working activities has been the research on TRIZ ('Theory of Inventive Problem Solving') and USIT ('Unified Structured Inventive Thinking'). I have attended and presented at international conferences on TRIZ every year, and extended USIT (i.e. a unified and simplified TRIZ) further to find a new paradigm called 'Six-box Scheme' for creative problem solving. In the field of education, besides several other classes on ordinary information science, I have been teaching on this theme in a lecture class and also in 3rd and 4th year seminars, where my students and I have made several successful case studies of solving familiar problems. Read More... |
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