Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index TRIZ (transliterated russian acronym, pronounced [treez]) is a Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TIPS) developed by Genrich Altshuller and his colleagues. Table of contents 1 Introduction 2 History 2.1 Alternative approaches 3 TRIZ Essentials 3.2 Identifying a Problem 3.2.1 Where problems come from? 3.2.2 What is an Inventive Situation? 3.2.3 What is a Contradiction? 3.3 Standard Solutions 3.3.4 Patent Screening 3.3.5 Pool of inventive principles 3.3.6 Table of standard solutions 4 Laws of Technical System Evolution 4.4 Law of Increasing Ideality 5 ARIZ - Algorithm of Invention 5.5 Ideal Ultimate Solution (IUS) 5.6 Su-Field Analysis 6 Examples 7 Quotations 8 Related topics 9 References 10 External links Introduction History TODO: Short history of Altshuller's biography and development of the TRIZ. Alternative approaches There is a number of other approaches trying to enforce inventive power of our minds. Most of them are quite heuristical. Trial-and-error Brainstorming Morphological box Method of focal objects TODO: shortly review their shortcomings and week sides TRIZ Essentials Identifying a Problem Where problems come from? What is an Inventive Situation? What is a Contradiction? Standard Solutions Patent Screening Pool of inventive principles Table of standard solutions Laws of Technical System Evolution Law of Increasing Ideality ARIZ - Algorithm of Invention Ideal Ultimate Solution (IUS) Su-Field Analysis Examples Quotations Related topics TRIZ/ARIZ: Genrich Altshuller Invention Algorithm Psychological Inertia Evolution of technical systems: System theory Evolution Development of creative personality: Creativeness Worthy Goal Conflict Law: Copyright Patent References Altshuller, Henry. 1994. The Art of Inventing (And Suddenly the Inventor Appeared). Translated by Lev Shulyak. Worcester, MA: Technical Innovation Center. ISBN 0-9640740-1-X External links Altshuller Institute for TRIZ studies TRIZ Journal Glenn Mazur's TRIZ page This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.