TRIZ Introduction

The concept of TRIZ suggests that unique solutions to problems typically adhere to identifiable patterns and principles. By comprehending and implementing these patterns, individuals and organizations can enhance their effectiveness as problem solvers and innovators.

TRIZ has emerged as a critical instrument for fostering creativity and innovation across various sectors and use cases, underscoring its significance in addressing intricate problems and propelling advancement.

TRIZ provides a comprehensive set of tools and techniques to facilitate inventive problem solving and develop innovation.

These tools are designed to help in analyzing problems, identifying inventive solutions and overcoming obstacles.

Beyond individual TRIZ tools, it's essential to highlight concepts that TRIZ defines and that are valuable regardless of using the coded tools or not.

These are:

• Ideality
  “all system evolve in the direction of increasing ideality” G. Altshuller
  Technology systems and products evolve towards greater ideality, which refers to the ratio between a technology/product's favorable effects and its negative effects and costs.
  The tendency towards ideality involves formulating an "ideal final result" (IFR), which is defined as the evolutionary system limit in which positive factors are maximized while negative factors disappear.
  IFR encourages consideration of the ideal solution to a problem. While reaching IFR may be unattainable, it's a valuable tool for exploring the limits of imaginative thinking.
• Contradictions
  Innovative solutions arise when conflicts within a system or product are resolved without compromising.
  Therefore, to attain a cutting-edge solution, we must identify and resolve any contradictions in the system that hinder us from enhancing the level of ideality.
  Triz defines three types of contradiction:
  
  • Administrative: involve establishing goals for system evolution but do not directly provide solutions to problems. To solve issues, they must be transformed into one of the following two contradictions.
  • Technical: When an obstacle prevents improvement, trying to improve one aspect of a system may actually worsen another characteristic. It is phrased in the form if-then-but. If I make this change, it produces a positive outcome, but simultaneously creates a negative outcome as well.
  • Physical: systems with opposing physical requirements can be solved by implementing two opposite physical states simultaneously. This is the most general form of contradictions. Usually, one or more physical contradictions arise from discovering a solution to a technical contradiction.
• Evolutionary trends
  Evolutionary trends in the field of engineering systems, commonly known as TESE (Trends of Engineering System Evolution), help analyze potential product developments and determine innovation directions.
  According to TESE Technologies, products typically follow an S-curve of evolution that can be broken down into four main phases.
  The initial stage is the infancy phase during which a new technology/product is conceptualized. This is followed by the growth phase in which the system rapidly advances and evolves.
  The next stage is the maturity stage in which the system consolidates and becomes stable.
  The final stage is the decline, during which the system may persist for an extended period or pass on its functions to a new system before eventually dying out.
  The researchers identified a series of standardized evolutionary stages leading up to a final level of evolutionary potential.
  Trends and the concept of "evolutionary potential" function as influential guides for identifying future opportunities and constraints on technology and products.