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The 9th TRIZ Symposium in Japan September 5 - 6, 2013 General Methodology for Creative Problem Solving and Task Achieving － Its Plan － Toru Nakagawa Osaka Gakuin University, Professor Emeritus September 6, 2013 Institute of Mathematical Statistics (Tachikawa, Tokyo)

Contents: Part 1 ： Beyond TRIZ, A New Target at a higher level How TRIZ can be learned and applied in real jobs in industries? Where can we expect to apply TRIZ? What people want there? ==> A New Target: General methodology for creative problem solving Part 2: Strategies for establishing the new target Reviews of different approaches for creative problem solving Basic strategies for establishing the new general methodology Part 3: Conceptual plan of the general methodology of creative problem solving One for technological applications and Another for non-technological applications

Part 1 ： Beyond TRIZ, A New Target at a higher level Motivation: Why the creative problem solving method, TRIZ, does not penetrate more smoothly among people? I built up a number of models to consider this problem. Model of a person to learn TRIZ Model of an engineer and an industry to learn and accept TRIZ Model of areas where the application of TRIZ is desired ==> People in the wide range of application areas of TRIZ want not TRIZ itself but more general methodology effective for creative problem solving (Nakagawa, Japan TRIZ Symposium 2012)

Model (a) of a person to learn and master a technique like TRIZ Advanced Advanced Real tasks Technological Methods of Science & A Person of development development creative technology problem (creative Methods Practice in TRIZ solving Knowledge industries of R&D engineer) and General and Consciousness Technique Specialized/ Technological Industrial for creativity in Engineer activities Information (engineer) specialty education Necessary Spirit as field Industry to train researcher / University information Creative thinking engineer education Basics of Society & science & (student) Logical thinking Culture Liberal arts technology education Establishment of proactiveness (high school High school Basic Suppressed, Examination middle school Mathematics student) Common Study Education and science undeveloped understanding creativity in the Interests in Elementary society (pupil) nature and school technology Creativity Education (Common in the childhood sense) Intellectual Family (young child) curiosity education

Model (b) of activities for an engineer and a company to learn and master TRIZ Activities in an industry External information Personal study and growth In-company Specialized TRIZ Organizational TRIZ Leader organization software, etc. Software tools TRIZ leaders and promoter Passion for TRIZ and mind Promotion Patent cases, promotion Systematic and Patent DB by the TRIZ Organizational practical mastering TRIZ managers applications activities Scientific Leaders Systematic TRIZ papers In-company journals Application understanding Real and reports TRIZ and promotion In-company application Domestic and Symposium TRIZ Practice TRIZ International TRIZ Group experiences experiences Success study group conferences with success Symposium cases to Understanding TRIZ Dealers, TRIZ techniques development TRIZ Application practitioners consultants. etc. tasks consulting experience Basic knowledge External TRIZ TRIZ Lectures, for myself consultants of TRIZ TRIZ seminars. Trial and seminars,. Awareness of In-company Interest in TRIZ trainings practice Trainings the issues TRIZ Seminars Projects TRIZ Knowledge and Web sites TRIZ In-company Methods of R&D, Web sites skills in Pioneers TRIZ industrial activities specialty field Newspapers, TRIZ Homepage TRIZ TVs, magazines Basic knowledge of Introductory Beginners science & technology articles Many engineers Textbooks, Proactiveness, logical thinking, TRIZ books Spirit of a professional, creativity Textbooks

Model (d) of areas for TRIZ application  Our new general target Task-achievement From in national and Promotion of intelligence local issues innovations to creativity Applying TRIZ Task achievement Change in to various Promotion of in agriculture, education Encouraging problems Empowering advanced Vitalizing forestry and policy original intellectual research industries National and fishery industries research properties local policy Task achievement Enhancing Foundation of Success in manufacturing Problem solving/ technical Engineering examples Academia, industries Industries training education task achieving of innovation Universities Problem Task methods Creative solving Practices achievement in Theory Thinking News release capability service industries TRIZ of results Solution Reforming Creative and benefits Results high school thinking Mass Media, Introduction and education From overweighing Education Benefits Publishing publication Easy Education intellectual education of TRIZ understanding of creativity Spreading TRIZ to emphasizing creativity TRIZ to intellectual Education of spreading people Society Technology Home proactiveness activities education Achieving Creativity education various tasks to young children Problem solving in the society capability and Leaving the flexibility for adults study for entrance exams. We put TRIZ in the center. But we need a more general method !

Conclusions for Part 1 (1) Recognizing 'TRIZ is just one of many subjects for a person to study', the contents of TRIZ should be either well customized for the (narrow range of) target persons or well generalized for the (wider range of) target persons. (2) Individual persons can learn TRIZ from outside information and promotion, but mainly from his/her personal learning and experiences. (3) For an industry to accept TRIZ, personal growth of TRIZ practitioners/ leaders, application of TRIZ to real projects, and promotion by the management need to go together. (4) TRIZ is applicable in the technological as well as non-technological areas. Thus TRIZ has a very wide range of application areas. However, not TRIZ itself but a more general methodology is wanted. Thus we have been guided to a new target at a higher level.

The models have guided us to a new target at a higher level. a n new targe get a at a a h high gher level. To establish a general methodology of creative problem-solving / task-achieving, to spread it widely, and to apply it to problem-solving and task-achieving jobs in various domains in the whole country (and the world)".

Part 2: Strategies for establishing the new target Reviews of different approaches for creative problem solving Basic strategies for establishing the new general methodology for creative problem solving

Conventional methods for Creative Problem Solving & Task Achieving: (a) Basic approach in science & technology : Principles, theories, application & design methods in each discipline. (b) Approaches learning from cases : Building and using case bases and knowledge bases (c) Approaches to analyze the problems and tasks: Cause-effect, system, mechanism, etc. (d) Approaches to support idea generation : generating as widely and as freely as possible, (e) Approaches to arrange environment and take care of mental aspects: relaxed feeling, free atmosphere, thinking the ideals, etc. (f) Approaches for realizing the idea : Selecting good ideas, designing & development, implementation, etc.: technologies in the discipline. (g) Approaches for thinking the future and suggesting the directions: (h) Approaches towards general methodologies for problem solving: Integrating all the approaches above to build a methodology useful and practical. A system of methods suitable for each type/field of problems and tasks, and also a system of methods universally applicable to a wide range of types and fields.

Various methods for creative problem solving & task achieving Approach Examples in conventional methods Examples in TRIZ/USIT Basics in Science Principles, theories & models in each Knowledge bases of physical effects & Technology discipline; knowledge bases Learning from Analogical thinking, Collections of hints, Active use of patent databases cases Equivalent transformation thinking Analyzing Mind mapping, KJ method (Affinity Problem definition, Root cause analysis, problems/ tasks method), Quality function deployment Function & attribute analysis, (QFD), QC tools, Root cause analysis, Formulating contradictions, Substance- Value engineering (VE), Functional field modeling analysis Supporting idea Brain storming, Brain writing, SCAMPER 40 Inventive Principles, 76 Inventive generation standards, Contradiction matrix, USIT operators Ｓｉｚｅ -Time-Cost (STC) operators, Smart Taking care of Brain storming, Facilitation methods, environment and Cynectics, NM method, 'The 3rd little people (SLP) modeling, Particles mental aspects alternatives' method Realizing the ideas Design methods in each discipline, Pugh's Technical knowledge bases method, CAD/CAE, Taguchi method Foreseeing the Using various statistics, Delphi method, 9 Windows method, Trends of technical future Scenario writing evolution, S-curve analysis, DE (Directed evolution) Towards a general Four -box scheme of abstraction, Four-box scheme, ARIZ, Six-box methodology analogical thinking, Equivalent scheme of USIT transformation thinking