TABLE OF CONTENTS In the Preface, we stressed that the reader should test and refine the generic model for problem solving. Accept TRIZ because it works, not because it is in fashion.
When you use TRIZ, you will have two ways to evaluate the process:
Evaluate the results of implementation against the criteria of the ideal final result, as studied in Chapter 7.
Evaluate the model and tools of TRIZ against your own accumulated knowledge and experience.
Using the model for problem solving provides a structured way to arrange and organize the TRIZ tools, and also gives you a system for creating new knowledge. Contradiction, ideality and other basic concepts are open for further analysis, deepening and implementation in new areas. The model brings a component of research to your work. TRIZ is evolving continuously; it is not a frozen dogma that does not change and is used without question. One should ask repeatedly: "Why this model? Why this tool? Why not something else?"
Each time that you use TRIZ to solve a problem, you have the opportunity to improve your own learning and to help improve TRIZ for others. Some people add yet another question to the agenda in Chapter 8: "What did I do well in this application of TRIZ? What should I do differently next time?"
We hope that you have implemented the models and tools in this book to create innovative solutions to your problems. When you have done that, you can use the exercise in Table...
