Book Review: Breakthrough Inventing With TRIZ, Second Edition. By: Larry Ball

Loose leaf notebook, 80 pages. Available from the Products and Services page of The TRIZ Journal as a free download for individual study, or in a printed version in full color for $24.95. http://www.3mpub.com/TRIZ/

The purpose of most book reviews … Read More

Review of “Solution – Innovation Card Game”

By: Walter Lamia

Review of “Solution – Innovation Card Game” by Walter Lamia, Colorado State Univ. doctoral student Hape Etzold’s card game (€45,50 at www.etzold.biz)is based on the TRIZ inventive principles. It comprises forty cards, each printed with a principle, … Read More

Book Review: Inventive Thinking through TRIZ by Michael Orloff

Reviewed by: Michael S. Slocum and Ellen Domb editor@the-trizjournal.com Ralph Czerepinski Jose M. Vicente-Gomila vicente@triz.net Richard Kaplan

Book Review: the 121 Heuristics for Problem Solving.

Review: The 121 heuristics for problem solving. By Ellen Domb and Michael Slocum editor@the-trizjournal.com

Regular readers of The TRIZ Journal will remember the articles in the September 2000 and July 2001 issues by the authors of the new book, The … Read More

Book Review: “Unified Structured Inventive Thinking – an Overview”

by Ellen Domb, editor@the-trizjournal.com

Unified Structured Inventive Thinking — an Overview by Ed Sickafus. 50 pages. Available free from www.u-sit.net in either PDF or doc format. © 2001. The purpose of a book review is usually to tell the reader … Read More

Design for Six Sigma (DFSS): A Roadmap for Product Development (Book review)

By: Michael Slocum MichaelS@BMGi.com

The TRIZ Journal is pleased to announce the publication of Design for Six Sigma: A Roadmap for Product Development. Drs. Kai Yang and Basem El-Haik have delivered a tremendous research effort that will support the successful … Read More

Book Review: How To Invent (Almost) Anything

By: Joe A. Miller

Title: How To Invent (Almost) Anything (ISBN 1-904298 87 7) Price £49.95 310 pages; Publisher: Spiro Press, London, England Authors: David Straker and Graham Rawlinson

How To Invent (Almost) Anything is a book that teaches us … Read More

Book Review: TRIZ: Through the Eyes of an American TRIZ Specialist

By Ralph Czerepinski, innovation consultant, Ralph@czere.com

TRIZ: Through the Eyes of an American TRIZ Specialist, by Dana W. Clarke, Sr., Applied Innovation Alliance, December, 2002. 80 pp US$30. Order from the Products and Services page of The TRIZ Journal or … Read More

Book (and Product) Review: Introduction to ASIT

By: Ellen Domb editor@the-trizjournal.com

Introduction to ASIT by Dr. Roni Horowitz. 2003. 95 pages. Published as an e-book packaged with the on-line course “Introduction to ASIT” (See course review in the July 2001 issue of The TRIZ Journal) US$29 for … Read More

Software Review: “Invention Highway, Family Edition and Professional Edition”

By: Catherine Lundberg clundberg@ontro.com

Software by: Comedia Ltd. The cost is $24 and is available at: http://www.start2think.com/invhi

The Invention Highway software teaches ASIT—as you play the games, you learn 4 methods for finding innovative solutions to problems utilizing the resources … Read More

Book Review: TRIZ Companion

By Catherine Lundberg, clundberg@ontro.com

Title: TRIZ Companion Written by Darrell Mann and Simon Dewulf Publisher: Creax Press. http://www.creax.com Price: 29Euros plus shipping Paperback, 122 pages. ISBN 90-77071-03-2 (pocket-sized format) TRIZ Companion is an excellent reference that even the most skilled … Read More

Book Review: “Anatomy of a fiction plot (ANATOMIYA SYUGETA)”

Book Review: “Anatomy of a fiction plot (ANATOMIYA SYUGETA)”

by Dr. Semyon Savransky* triz_sds@hotmail.com

Book Review: Alexandr Moldaver. “Anatomy of a fiction plot (ANATOMIYA SYUGETA).”(in Russian) Jerusalem, Israel, 2002.

The results of almost 20 years of the … Read More

Book Review: Value Engineering: A Plan for Invention

By: Joe Miller

Joe A. Miller Quality Process Consulting

Title: Value Engineering: A Plan for Invention (ISBN 1-57444-235-X) Price $57.95 (352 pages; Publisher: St. Lucie Press (CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida, USA Author: Richard J. Park

Value Engineering: A … Read More

Book Review: Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices

By: Ellen Domb editor@the-trizjournal.com

Title: Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices: An Innovation, Productivity, and Quality Focus Edited by Jack B. ReVelle. TRIZ chapter by Steve Ungvari Publisher: St. Lucie Press/APICS Series on Resource Management. 2002. http://www.crcpress.com Hard cover, 433 pages. … Read More

Book Review: TechOptimizerâ„¢ Fundamentals

Book Review: TechOptimizerâ„¢ Fundamentals

By Tom Kling, tjkling@dow.com TRIZ Advocate, Corporate R&D, The Dow Chemical Company Kiho Sohn, Kiho.d.Sohn@Boeing.com Richard Platt, richard.platt@cox.net,Corporate Instructor of TRIZ using TechOptimizer and other IMC tools. Innovation Master – … Read More

Book Review: Natural Innovation: Examples of Creative Problem Solving in Biology, Ecology, and TRIZ

Book Review: Natural Innovation: Examples of Creative Problem Solving in Biology, Ecology, and TRIZ

Dr. Michael S. Slocum and Ms. Catherine Lundberg Ontro, Inc. Dr. Ellen Domb PQR Group

Title: … Read More

Product Review: TRIZ Digital Assistant

Product Review: TRIZ Digital Assistant

By Ralph Czerepinski, ralph@czere.com Cz innovation Midland, MI USA

TRIZ Digital Assistant, Version 1.0, � 2002 3G Design Hands High Software, Inc. (For the Palm … Read More

Book Review: Simplified TRIZ: New Problem-Solving Applications for Engineers & Manufacturing Professionals

Book Review: Simplified TRIZ: New Problem-Solving Applications for Engineers & Manufacturing Professionals

Dr. Michael S. Slocum and Ms. Catherine Lundberg* Ontro, Inc.

Title: Simplified TRIZ: New Problem-Solving Applications for … Read More

Software Review: CreaTRIZâ„¢ 2.2 and CreaTRIZâ„¢ 2.2 for Business and Management

Software Review: CreaTRIZâ„¢ 2.2 and CreaTRIZâ„¢ 2.2 for Business and Management

By Drs. Michael Slocum and Ellen Domb, editors This month CREAX has introduced its newest products, CreaTRIZâ„¢2.2 and CreaTRIZâ„¢ 2.2 for Business and Management. CREAX is a multinational software … Read More

Review: ASIT On-Line Training

By Drs. Ellen Domb and Michael Slocum This is the first time that The TRIZ Journal has had a review article about training. I was asked why I was doing this-doesn’t it just publicize my competition? (My new training class … Read More