Welcome to the October 2010 Issue of The TRIZ Journal
One of this month's articles uses ARIZ as an excellent tool to solve problems. And the other explores a set of patents and patent applications that teach various aspects of and proposed improvements on classical TRIZ.
A New Approach to Initial Situation Analysis
By Shree Phadnis
ARIZ is an excellent tool to solve problems once an individual has identified the mini problems that need to be solved. In real life situations, however, the problems are seldom clearly defined.Patenting TRIZ?
By William Y. Fowlkes
Recently I came across a set of patents and patent applications teaching various aspects of and proposed improvements on classical TRIZ. Theses patents taught me more about TRIZ as I gained knowledge from the insights and ideas of others.
