MATRIZ (The International TRIZ Association) has significantly revised its website and now also offers a TRIZ-wiki. The wiki is intended to be an important addition to TRIZ training and to help deepen the understanding of the method: The glossary contains all official definitions of the terms, articles explain individual concepts and an interactive contradiction matrix … Read more
One topic in the TRIZ advanced course (Level 2) is functional analysis for processes. The productive function is described as a function that irreversibly changes the parameters of a product in the desired direction. In my thoughts on function analysis #3, I argued that we should not name parameters, but characteristics and properties that have … Read more
The function carrier is the component that executes the action (sender). The object of the function is the component that is affected by the action (receiver). A function takes place when the following three conditions are met: function carrier and object of the function must be allowed components (domain-specific restrictions from the component analysis must … Read more
The 40 inventive principles are used very shallowly in generative AIs such as ChatGPT. Therefore, the ccTOPP group has made an effort to describe the inventive principles with all its sub-principles and give examples of their use. These were fed into the 40IP GPT, which now delivers much more ideas per inventive principle. The GPT … Read more
My thoughts on functional analysis started as a loose blog series on LinkedIn. In the meantime, the discussion has gone a little further. In this video, I summarize my presentation on the topic, which I gave at the 3rd German TRIZ Conference on 19.6.2024, in English: „Thoughts on function analysis. Developing Function Analysis into the … Read more
Older documents on function analysis define the following: “A function is an action performed by a component to change or maintain a parameter of another component. Preserved here means that the parameter would not exist without the action.” A much better and more correct formulation would be: “A function is an action performed by a … Read more
The ITC-2024 will take place from October 14 to 17, 2024 in Dubai. One focus of the conference is to attract new TRIZ users: Prior to the main event in Dubai, an exclusive MATRIZ Official Level 1 online course will therefore be available five weeks in advance for newcomers. There will be two comprehensive tutorials … Read more
Let’s continue with the thoughts on function analysis … The third consideration arises from my post on domain-specific function analysis: The requirement for a function was that “A parameter of the object must be modified or maintained”. So far, it has been said that a permitted function must satisfy three guidelines: 1. function carrier and … Read more
In my blog post “Function analysis – What are we actually doing?” (on February 9, 2024), I highlighted the general approach: the two-phase approach of model building and analysis of the model. Here comes the second idea: The rules for modeling go back to a mechanical view of the world. Some TRIZ masters defend this … Read more
I would like to discuss new thoughts about function analysis with you in short blog posts. Here comes the first post: In TRIZ, we always strive to abstract problematic situations. However, we rarely apply this approach to our own methods. When we do, we see a two-part approach to functional analysis for products and processes … Read more