TRIZ

TRIZ is a method for generating innovative ideas and solutions for problem solving. It is not a map, diagram or chart type, though various proposals have been made for diagrams (including mind maps) to be incorporated into the method.

The best-suited to TRIZ that WikIT editors have seen is Southbeach notation. WikIT does not have a full article on TRIZ, but does cover the that notation.

TRIZ sources

The Wikipedia entry on TRIZ provides the following reference sources:

• Official G.S. Altshuller foundation
• The Altshuller Institute for TRIZ Studies, Worcester, MA, USA
• Anti TRIZ-journal – in spite of its name is the genuine TRIZ research journal, which also features critique of TRIZ by former close associates of Altshuller.
• Innovation, Soviet Style by Rich Weissman How a problem solving methodology developed in 1940s Russia helps companies today
• The science of invention by Mark Wallace How Altshuller’s theories can solve today’s engineering problems
• [TIES The Magazine of Design and Technology Education about TRIZ (PDF)
• OpenSourceTRIZ Free ebooks, example problems and teaching materials
• Zlotin B./ Zusman A.: ARIZ on the Move