Lilly Haines-Gadd

TRIZ For Dummies (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119107491
• Artikelnr.: 44714294

Autorenporträt

Lilly Haines-Gadd runs the hugely successful TRIZ innovation and problem solving consultancy Oxford Creativity. She develops and delivers training programmes and facilitates problem solving workshops for many major organisations around the world, including Rolls-Royce, BAE SYSTEMS, Saint Gobain, Sanofi, the IET, Highways England and Oxford University.

Inhaltsangabe

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 problem
solving 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 next
generation system 76 Moving systems forward and knowing when to go back 78 Applying the Trends More Generally 79 Increasing Ideality 79 Transition to the Super
System 79 Increasing System Coordination 79 S
Curves 80 Using the Trends to Create Strong Patents 80 Strengthening and ring
fencing 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 problem
solving 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 Problem
Solving 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 problem
solving map 189 Climbing the Problem
Solving 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 Problems 225 Dealing with Harmful Actions 226 Improving Insufficient Actions 228 Measuring and Detecting 228 Applying the Standard Solutions 231 Developing a well
formulated problem 231 Solving problems outlined in a Function Analysis 232 Generating innovative solutions 233 Tackling a real problem 235 Improving a solution 237 Chapter 14: Trimming for Elegant, Low
Cost Solutions 241 Making Things Better and Cheaper 241 Improving systems by removing stuff 242 Clever cost
cutting: Doing more with less 245 Using resources wisely 247 Creating Elegant Solutions 248 Applying the Trimming Rules 248 Following the process and going off
piste 252 Trimming to Infinity and Beyond 252 Trimming to Create Strong Intellectual Property 254 Getting round someone else's patent 254 Developing your own patent further 255 Part V: The Part of Tens 257 Chapter 15: Ten Pitfalls to Avoid 259 Thinking TRIZ Doesn't Apply to You 259 Waiting for the 'Right' Problem 260 Starting Too Big 260 Tackling Problems for Which You Can't Implement Solutions 261 Tackling Problems without Involving the Problem Owner 261 Trying to Solve Problems When You Don't Understand the Issue or the Technology 262 Trying to Solve Problems When You Lack Crucial Knowledge 262 Working on a Problem That's Already Been Solved 263 Undertaking TRIZ by Stealth 263 Giving Up Too Soon 264 Chapter 16: Ten Tips for Getting Started with TRIZ 265 Learn It 265 Use It 266 Start Small 266 Attend a Workshop 266 Think and Talk TRIZ 267 Find a Friend 267 Fail Safely 268 Be Bold 268 Fail Better 269 Reflect 269 Part VI: Appendixes 271 Appendix A: The 40 Inventive Principles 273 Inventive Principle 1: Segmentation 273 Inventive Principle 2: Taking Out 274 Inventive Principle 3: Local Quality 274 Inventive Principle 4: Asymmetry 275 Inventive Principle 5: Merging 275 Inventive Principle 6: Multi
Function 275 Inventive Principle 7: Nested Doll 276 Inventive Principle 8: Counterweight 276 Inventive Principle 9: Prior Counteraction 276 Inventive Principle 10: Prior Action 277 Inventive Principle 11: Cushion in Advance 277 Inventive Principle 12: Equal Potential 277 Inventive Principle 13: The Other Way Round 278 Inventive Principle 14: Spheres and Curves 278 Inventive Principle 15: Dynamism 279 Inventive Principle 16: Partial or Excessive Action 279 Inventive Principle 17: Another Dimension 279 Inventive Principle 18: Mechanical Vibration 280 Inventive Principle 19: Periodic Action 280 Inventive Principle 20: Continuous Useful Action 281 Inventive Principle 21: Rushing Through 281 Inventive Principle 22: Blessing in Disguise 281 Inventive Principle 23: Feedback 282 Inventive Principle 24: Intermediary 282 Inventive Principle 25: Self
service 283 Inventive Principle 26: Copying 283 Inventive Principle 27: Cheap, Short
Living Objects 284 Inventive Principle 28: Replace Mechanical System 284 Inventive Principle 29: Pneumatics and Hydraulics 285 Inventive Principle 30: Flexible Membranes and Thin Films 285 Inventive Principle 31: Porous Materials 285 Inventive Principle 32: Colour Change 286 Inventive Principle 33: Uniform Material 286 Inventive Principle 34: Discarding and Recovering 287 Inventive Principle 35: Parameter Change 287 Inventive Principle 36: Phase Changes 288 Inventive Principle 37: Thermal Expansion 289 Inventive Principle 38: Boosted Interactions 289 Inventive Principle 39: Inert Atmosphere 290 Inventive Principle 40: Composite Structures 290 Appendix B: The Contradiction Matrix 291 Appendix C: The 39 Parameters of the Contradiction Matrix 293 Appendix D: The Separation Principles 299 Appendix E: The Oxford TRIZ Standard Solutions 301 Solutions for Dealing with Harms 302 H1 Trim out the harm 302 H2 Block the harm 303                                                                                       H3 Turn the harm into good 304 H4 Correct the harm 304 Solutions for Improving Insufficiency 305 i1 Add something to the subject or object 305 i2 Evolve the subject and object 306 i.a Improve the action 307 Solutions for Detection and Measurement 308 M1 Indirect methods 309 M2 Add something 309 M3 Enhance measurement with fields 309 M4 Use additives with fields 310 M5 Evolve the measurement system 310 Index 311