40 Principles Extended Edition: TRIZ Keys to Technical Innovation, Volume 1

| 1. State the name of the Technical System: | |||
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| 2. Define the goal of the Technical System. The system is designed to: | |||
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| 3. List main elements of the Technical System and their functions: | |||
| Name the part | Function | ||
| 1. | _________________________________ | 1. | ____________________________________ |
| 2. | _________________________________ | 2. | ____________________________________ |
| 3. | _________________________________ | 3. | ____________________________________ |
| 4. | _________________________________ | 4. | ____________________________________ |
| 5. | _________________________________ | 5. | ____________________________________ |
| 4. Describe the operation of the Technical System: | |||
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| 5. Determine the characteristics that should be improved or eliminated | |||
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Develop either Item 1 or Item 2.
| 1. | State the positive Characteristic that should be improved. | |
| a. The Characteristic is: ____________________________________________________________ | ||
| b. State a conventional means to improve the Characteristic: _______________________________ | ||
| c. State a Characteristic that is getting worse under conditions in line 1b: _____________________ | ||
| d. Formulate Technical Contradiction as follows: if the Characteristic (1a) is improved by (state how), | ||
| ________________________________________________________________________________ | ||
| then the following Characteristic will get worse (state which one) ___________________________ | ||
| 2. | State the negative Characteristic that has to be reduced, eliminated, or neutralized, | |
| a. The Characteristic is:_____________________________________________________________ | ||
| b. State a conventional means to reduce, eliminate, or neutralize the Characteristic: | ||
| ________________________________________________________________________________ | ||
| c. State a Characteristic that will get worse under conditions in line 2b: _______________________ | ||
| d. Formulate Technical Contradiction as follows: | ||
| If Characteristic 2a is reduced by implementing 2b, (state how): | ||
| _____________________________________________________________________________ | ||
| then the following characteristic... |