(Preorder) Level 2 State-of-the-Art TRIZ, Theory of Inventive Problem Solving

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About the book

This comprehensive guide is a natural continuation of the Level 1 TRIZ textbook, designed for practitioners ready to move beyond the fundamentals and develop more advanced problem-solving skills. Fully aligned with the MATRIZ Level 2 certification requirements, it provides both the knowledge needed for the exam and practical guidance for applying TRIZ in real innovation projects.

The book covers advanced tools for analyzing and improving technological processes, innovative hybridization of engineering systems, Standard Inventive Solutions, selected elements of ARIZ, and a broad collection of reference materials supporting systematic problem solving. Numerous examples, practical explanations, exercises, and control questions help turn theory into usable skills. Whether you are preparing for Level 2 certification, developing your TRIZ expertise, or designing advanced training programs, this book provides a structured and practical path forward.

 

Scope of the book

Problem-identification tools

Function analysis of technological processes

This tool analyzes functions, their characteristics, and the costs of components within an engineering system and its supersystem. It serves as the foundation for nearly all TRIZ problem identification and problem-solving methods.

By using this tool, you can identify various function-related issues, including harmful functions, insufficiently or excessively performed useful functions, and adequately performed useful functions.

Nuances of cause-effect chain analysis

This tool identifies the key disadvantages of an engineering system. While function analysis often uncovers numerous disadvantages, most of these stem from a few underlying key disadvantages. Eliminating these key disadvantages resolves all related issues.

The ultimate goal of cause-effect chain analysis is to pinpoint and address these key disadvantages effectively.

Trimming for processes

This tool streamlines an engineering system by removing (trimming) certain components and redistributing their useful functions among the remaining components of the system or supersystem. Its goal is to enhance the engineering system by reducing its complexity and minimizing the number of components.

Trimming uncovers problems that other methods often overlook, leading to more precise problem definitions and paving the way for innovative, effective solutions.

Feature transfer

This tool streamlines an engineering system by removing (trimming) certain components and redistributing their useful functions among the remaining components of the system or supersystem. Its goal is to enhance the engineering system by reducing its complexity and minimizing the number of components.

Trimming uncovers problems that other methods often overlook, leading to more precise problem definitions and paving the way for innovative, effective solutions.

 

Problem-solving tools

Substance-field modeling and system of standard inventive solutions

This tool analyzes functions, their characteristics, and the costs of components within an engineering system and its supersystem. It serves as the foundation for nearly all TRIZ problem identification and problem-solving methods.

By using this tool, you can identify various function-related issues, including harmful functions, insufficiently or excessively performed useful functions, and adequately performed useful functions.

 

Introduction to topics from Level 3

Trends of engineering systems evolution and the pragmatic S-curve analysis

This tool analyzes functions, their characteristics, and the costs of components within an engineering system and its supersystem. It serves as the foundation for nearly all TRIZ problem identification and problem-solving methods.

By using this tool, you can identify various function-related issues, including harmful functions, insufficiently or excessively performed useful functions, and adequately performed useful functions.

Introduction to ARIZ

This tool analyzes functions, their characteristics, and the costs of components within an engineering system and its supersystem. It serves as the foundation for nearly all TRIZ problem identification and problem-solving methods.

By using this tool, you can identify various function-related issues, including harmful functions, insufficiently or excessively performed useful functions, and adequately performed useful functions.

 

About the authors

Sergei Ikovenko

Associate Professor at MIT (Cambridge, USA), Tufts University (Boston, MA), and Tongji University in Shanghai (Intellectual Property College); Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh (UK).

One of the world’s leading consultants in technological innovation, with nearly 40 years of experience in the field.

TRIZ Master and Chairman of the Council on Expertise and Methodology (CEM) at MATRIZ. Lecturer of TRIZ seminars at Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Caltech, and other top educational institutions around the world.

Magdalena Krupinska

Experienced trainer and certified TRIZ (Level 3) and DFP (Level 3) expert.

Co-author of TRIZ textbooks and the MATRIZ online knowledge base. Serves as Scientific Secretary at both MATRIZ. She applies her knowledge and skills not only in developing educational materials and popular science articles but also in R&D projects – where she leads and coordinates an analytical team and actively contributes to ongoing project work.

She holds a degree in design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz / Poland.