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by Lilly Haines-Gadd
TRIZ For Dummies
Cover
Cover
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: Getting Started with TRIZ
Chapter 1: Going from Zero to TRIZ
Getting to Know TRIZ
Starting Your TRIZ Journey
Mastering TRIZ
Chapter 2: Understanding the Fundamental TRIZ Philosophy
Thinking TRIZ
Understanding the TRIZ Philosophy
Being Systematic and Creative
Part II: Opening Your TRIZ Toolbox
Chapter 3: Solving Contradictions with the 40 Inventive Principles
Uncovering and Understanding Unresolved Conflicts
Solving Technical Contradictions
Getting to Grips with Physical Contradictions
Clever Tricks to Outsmart Contradictions: Using the 40 Inventive Principles
Chapter 4: Applying the Trends of Technical Evolution
Looking More Closely at the Trends
Applying the Trends
Applying the Trends More Generally
Using the Trends to Create Strong Patents
Chapter 5: Improving Ideality by Using Resources
Understanding the Ideality Equation: How TRIZ Defines Value
Understanding the Links Between Benefits, Functions and Solutions
Thinking Resourcefully
Chapter 6: Using the TRIZ Effects Database
Thinking Innovatively with the Prism of TRIZ
Using the Database of Scientific Effects
Inventing with TRIZ
Part III: Thinking Like a Genius
Chapter 7: Breaking Psychological Inertia with the TRIZ Creativity Tools
Recognising Psychological Inertia
Appreciating the Benefits of Psychological Inertia
Beating Psychological Inertia
Understanding and Solving Problems Using Smart Little People
Stretching Your Thinking with Size–Time–Cost
Chapter 8: Thinking in Time and Scale
Stretching Your Thinking in Time and Scale
Understanding Problems in Time and Scale
Finding Novel Solutions in Time and Scale
Learning to Think in Time and Scale
Chapter 9: Living in Utopia (then Coming Back to Reality)
Defining the Ideal Outcome
Taking a Step Towards Reality with Ideal Systems
Making Sensible Decisions by Considering All Benefits, Costs and Harms
Chapter 10: Problem Solving and Being Creative with Others
Going for What You Really Want
Thinking in Extremes
Being Persistent in the Face of Failure
Sharing and Developing Ideas with Other People
Part IV: Understanding, Defining and Solving Difficult Problems with TRIZ
Chapter 11: Applying the TRIZ Problem-Solving Process
Logically and Systematically Solving Problems
Climbing the Problem-Solving Steps
Defining your problem correctly
Generating Solutions
Ranking and Developing Solutions
Solving Difficult Problems Effectively in a Team
Chapter 12: Getting to Grips with Your Problems with Function Analysis
Making Complex Problems Simple
Building a Function Analysis Diagram
Uncovering Conflicts: Putting Contradictions in Context
Understanding How Everything Fits Together
Using Function Analysis
Chapter 13: Solving Problems using the TRIZ Standard Solutions
Defining a Subject–action–Object
Categorising Problems
Dealing with Harmful Actions
Improving Insufficient Actions
Measuring and Detecting
Applying the Standard Solutions
Chapter 14: Trimming for Elegant, Low-Cost Solutions
Making Things Better and Cheaper
Creating Elegant Solutions
Trimming to Infinity and Beyond
Trimming to Create Strong Intellectual Property
Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 15: Ten Pitfalls to Avoid
Thinking TRIZ Doesn’t Apply to You
Waiting for the ‘Right’ Problem
Starting Too Big
Tackling Problems for Which You Can’t Implement Solutions
Tackling Problems without Involving the Problem Owner
Trying to Solve Problems When You Don’t Understand the Issue or the Technology
Trying to Solve Problems When You Lack Crucial Knowledge
Working on a Problem That’s Already Been Solved
Undertaking TRIZ by Stealth
Giving Up Too Soon
Chapter 16: Ten Tips for Getting Started with TRIZ
Learn It
Use It
Start Small
Attend a Workshop
Think and Talk TRIZ
Find a Friend
Fail Safely
Be Bold
Fail Better
Reflect
Part VI: Appendixes
Appendix A: The 40 Inventive Principles
Inventive Principle 1: Segmentation
Inventive Principle 2: Taking Out
Inventive Principle 3: Local Quality
Inventive Principle 4: Asymmetry
Inventive Principle 5: Merging
Inventive Principle 6: Multi-Function
Inventive Principle 7: Nested Doll
Inventive Principle 8: Counterweight
Inventive Principle 9: Prior Counteraction
Inventive Principle 10: Prior Action
Inventive Principle 11: Cushion in Advance
Inventive Principle 12: Equal Potential
Inventive Principle 13: The Other Way Round
Inventive Principle 14: Spheres and Curves
Inventive Principle 15: Dynamism
Inventive Principle 16: Partial or Excessive Action
Inventive Principle 17: Another Dimension
Inventive Principle 18: Mechanical Vibration
Inventive Principle 19: Periodic Action
Inventive Principle 20: Continuous Useful Action
Inventive Principle 21: Rushing Through
Inventive Principle 22: Blessing in Disguise
Inventive Principle 23: Feedback
Inventive Principle 24: Intermediary
Inventive Principle 25: Self-service
Inventive Principle 26: Copying
Inventive Principle 27: Cheap, Short-Living Objects
Inventive Principle 28: Replace Mechanical System
Inventive Principle 29: Pneumatics and Hydraulics
Inventive Principle 30: Flexible Membranes and Thin Films
Inventive Principle 31: Porous Materials
Inventive Principle 32: Colour Change
Inventive Principle 33: Uniform Material
Inventive Principle 34: Discarding and Recovering
Inventive Principle 35: Parameter Change
Inventive Principle 36: Phase Changes
Inventive Principle 37: Thermal Expansion
Inventive Principle 38: Boosted Interactions
Inventive Principle 39: Inert Atmosphere
Inventive Principle 40: Composite Structures
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
Solutions for Dealing with Harms
Solutions for Improving Insufficiency
Solutions for Detection and Measurement
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