Ideal Result 2012

The Ideal Final Result introduces the TRIZ Inventive Problem Solving Process in a way that allows readers to make immediate use of its most basic concepts. The Ideal Final Result reviews the basics of this left brained, but at the same time, very creative process for problem solving that uses a basic algorithm developed through the study of millions of patents. As opposed to psychologically based tools relying on the generation of hundreds of ideas to be sorted through to find the few of value, TRIZ rigorously defines the problem and assists the problem owner in identifying the existing inventive principles that are already known to solve that class of problems. This book reviews the most basic of the TRIZ algorithm tools and provides templates for readers to use in analyzing their difficult problems and provides a mental framework for their solution. It also describes TRIZ techniques for basic strategic planning in a business sense.

TRIZ, the theory of inventive problem-solving, deploys logic, data and research in an evolutionary context to find solutions in a range of scientific and engineering scenarios. This book reviews basic TRIZ algorithms and provides templates for immediate use.

The Ideal Final Result introduces the TRIZ Inventive Problem Solving Process in a way that allows readers to make immediate use of its most basic concepts. The Ideal Final Result reviews the basics of this left brained, but at the same time, very creative process for problem solving that uses a basic algorithm developed through the study of millions of patents. As opposed to psychologically based tools relying on the generation of hundreds of ideas to be sorted through to find the few of value, TRIZ rigorously defines the problem and assists the problem owner in identifying the existing inventive principles that are already known to solve that class of problems. This book reviews the most basic of the TRIZ algorithm tools and provides templates for readers to use in analyzing their difficult problems and provides a mental framework for their solution. It also describes TRIZ techniques for basic strategic planning in a business sense.

I am delighted that Jack Hipple did the work of translating his classes into a textbook so that the TRIZ students and instructors of the global English-speaking TRIZ community could learn his approach. The Ideal Result: what it is and how to achieve it is a strong addition to the small library of TRIZ textbooks. I look forward to introducing it to my students and seeing how it stimulates new ways of using the Ideal Final Result. - Ellen Domb, PQR Group, Upland, California as published in The Continual Improvement Lab

Part I The Psychology of Innovation: Attitude Adjustment
1 Attitude Adjustment, Jargon, and Acronyms		3	(2)
2 Optimization: The Enemy of Innovation		5	(10)
Exercises		14	(1)
3 Parallel Universes		15	(8)
Exercises		18	(5)
Part II TRIZ Thinking and Problem Solving Tools
4 The Ideal Result		23	(10)
Exercises		31	(2)
5 Identify and Use Resources		33	(22)
(a) Substances/Materials		37	(1)
(b) Time		38	(1)
(c) Space		39	(3)
(d) Fields and Field Conversions		42	(3)
1 Mechanical Fields		43	(1)
2 Thermal		44	(1)
3 Chemical		44	(1)
(e) Information		45	(4)
(f) People and Their Skills		49	(1)
(g) "Negative" Resources		50	(2)
Exercises		52	(1)
Reference		53	(2)
6 Whose Ideal Result and Whose Resources?		55	(6)
Exercises		58	(3)
7 Adding Useful Complexity: One Approach to the Ideal Result		61	(6)
8 Trimming: Another Approach to the Ideal Result		67	(6)
Exercises		71	(2)
9 Inventive Principles: What Do Millions of Patents Teach Us?		73	(32)
Inventive Principle #1 Segmentation		76	(1)
Inventive Principle #2 "Taking Out"/Trimming/Physical Separation		76	(1)
Inventive Principle #3 Local Quality		77	(1)
Inventive Principle #4 Asymmetry		78	(1)
Inventive Principle #5 Merging/Combining		78	(1)
Inventive Principle #6 Universality		79	(1)
Inventive Principle #7 "Nested Doll"		79	(1)
Inventive Principle #8 Anti-weight		80	(1)
Inventive Principle #9 Preliminary Anti-action		81	(1)
Inventive Principle #10 Preliminary Action ("Do It in Advance")		81	(1)
Inventive Principle #11 Beforehand Cushioning		82	(1)
Inventive Principle #12 Equipotentiality		82	(1)
Inventive Principle #13 "Other Way Around"/Do It in Reverse		83	(1)
Inventive Principle #14 Curvature/Spheroidality		83	(1)
Inventive Principle #15 Dynamics/Dynamism		84	(1)
Inventive Principle #16 Partial or Excessive Action		85	(1)
Inventive Principle #17 Another Dimension		85	(1)
Inventive Principle #18 Mechanical Vibration		86	(1)
Inventive Principle #19 Periodic Action		86	(1)
Inventive Principle #20 Continuity of Useful Action		87	(1)
Inventive Principle #21 Skipping/Rushing Through		87	(1)
Inventive Principle #22 Blessing in Disguise/"Lemons into Lemonade"		88	(1)
Inventive Principle #23 Use of Feedback		89	(1)
Inventive Principle #24 "Intermediary"		89	(1)
Inventive Principle #25 Self-service		90	(1)
Inventive Principle #26 Copying		90	(1)
Inventive Principle #27 Cheap Short-Living Object		91	(1)
Inventive Principle #28 Mechanics Substitution		92	(1)
Inventive Principle #29 Pneumatics and Hydraulics		93	(1)
Inventive Principle #30 Flexible Shells and Thin Films		93	(1)
Inventive Principle #31 Porous Materials		94	(1)
Inventive Principle #32 Color Changes		94	(1)
Inventive Principle #33 Homogeneity		95	(1)
Inventive Principle #34 Discarding and Recovering		95	(1)
Inventive Principle #35 Parameter Change		96	(1)
Inventive Principle #36 Phase Transitions		96	(1)
Inventive Principle #37 Thermal Expansion		97	(1)
Inventive Principle #38 Strong Oxidants		97	(1)
Inventive Principle #39 Inert Atmosphere		98	(1)
Inventive Principle #40 Composite Materials		98	(5)
Frequency of Principle Use		99	(4)
Exercises		103	(1)
References		104	(1)
10 The TRIZ Contradiction Table		105	(26)
TRIZ Parameter Definitions		106	(3)
Using the TRIZ Contradiction Table		109	(4)
Exercises		113	(1)
References		113	(18)
11 TRIZ Separation Principles		131	(14)
Business Case Study		138	(3)
Exercises		141	(1)
Reference		142	(3)
Part III TRIZ Strategy and Analytical Tools
12 Lines of Product System Evolution		145	(12)
Products, Systems, and Services Become More Dynamic and Responsive Over Time		146	(1)
Exercises		147	(1)
Oscillation Between Simplicity and Complexity		148	(2)
Exercises		150	(1)
Subsystem Parts Evolve at Different Rates		150	(1)
Exercises		151	(1)
Matching and Mismatching		152	(1)
Exercises		153	(1)
Evolution Along Field Lines		153	(1)
Exercises		154	(3)
13 Combining Upward Integration with Lines of Evolution		157	(12)
Upward Integration		157	(3)
Exercises		160	(1)
Combining Upward Integration with Lines of Evolution		160	(2)
Exercises		162	(1)
The TRIZ Cube		163	(1)
Exercises		164	(5)
Part IV Special Tools and Techniques, TRIZ Problem Modeling, and Integration of TRIZ with Other Tools
14 Special TRIZ Tools		169	(4)
(a) Smart Little People Modeling		169	(1)
(b) TRIZ in "Reverse"		169	(4)
15 TRIZ Problem Modeling		173	(4)
16 Using TRIZ with Other Tools		177	(4)
Exercises		179	(1)
Reference		179	(2)
Summary		181	(2)
Epilogue		183	(2)
Trademarks		185	(2)
Resources and Additional Reading		187	(2)
Templates for Your Use		189	(8)
1 Optimization Graph		189	(1)
2 Different Views of the Ideal Result		189	(1)
3 Substances and Material Resources		190	(1)
4 Space Resources		190	(1)
5 Time Resources?		190	(1)
6 Informational Resources		191	(1)
7 Fields and Field Conversions		191	(1)
8 Negative Resources		191	(1)
9 Trimming Table		191	(1)
10 40 Inventive Principles		192	(1)
11 Traditional Contradiction Table		193	(1)
12 Group Answers to the Contradictions in Innovation Problem		193	(1)
13 Lines of Evolution Templates		194	(3)
Index		197