a contradiction table, 40 Inventive Principles, and 76 Standard Solutions. The advent of modern computers has allowed these tools to be stored and used in use friendly formats. What he invented... a significant operational or design contradiction. What we normally do with contradictions is to compromise. Design or operational characteristics that allow a contradiction... their robustness. TRIZ Separation Principles In addition to the general problem of design or operational contradictions, there can also be contradictions within a parameter itself...

put on our TRIZ hats and look at the plusses and minuses of digitized education and pull out our contradiction table, we can map this contradiction as wanting to improve "amount... and management problem solving. Try it out the next time YOU have a soft contradiction you need to deal with. Next public TRIZ classes are in Houston and Atlanta in March and May of 2012: http://www.asme.org/products/courses/triz--the-theory-of-inventive-problem-solving . ...

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market segment. These are achieved through the use of TRIZ tools such as trimming and contradiction resolution. Examples we have shown you are remote controls for TVs and phones...

hard to "imagine" the problem disappearing, the resources you need all of a sudden appearing, the contradictions you need to overcome being resolved, etc. But if you don't make...