Timeline of the Development of TRIZ
Editor | On 03, Nov 2008
By Vladimir Petrov
Extracted from a presentation to the Israel TRIZ Association by Vladimir Petrov in honor of World TRIZ Day, October 15, 2008.
Genrich Saulovich Altshuller was born October 15, 1926 in Tashkent, and died September 24, 1998 in Petrozavodsk.
The author has assembled a timeline of the major events of the development of TRIZ to celebrate World TRIZ Day and Altshuller’s contributions.
| Year | Event |
| 1946 | • Statement and analysis of a problem by Altshuller and R.B. Shapiro • The basic postulates of TRIZ are formulated:all technical system develop according to objective and knowable laws, and inventive problems can be classified and solved methodically • Creative problem solving requires overcoming a conflict by satisfying all colliding requirements |
| 1948 | • The concept andfirst invention method • 4000 descriptions of inventions |
| 1950-1954 | Altshuller in prison |
| 1956 | • Firstarticle about invention method • Twoarticles, “Knowledge – Power” and “The Inventor and the Rationalizer” published •Five articles and brochures |
| 1957-1958 | Articles, seminars |
| 1959 | Second article about invention method |
| 1960 | Article “How Scientific Discoveries Are Made” published |
| 1961 | • The first book on TRIZ,How to Learn to Invent, published • More than 30 seminars carried out |
| 1964 | Basics of the Method of Inventing published |
| 1965 | • Newspaper, “Attention, anAlgorithm of Invention!”launched |
| 1968 | • Steps to mass introduction • ARIZ-68, 35 principles, matrix 32×32 • Seminar in Dzintara – The Central Board of the All-Union Society of Inventors and Rationalizers (CB AuSIR) • Section of Methodical Council of CB AuSIR |
| 1969 | Algorithm ofInvention published |
| 1970 | Republican school and public laboratory for invention methods – Baku |
| 1971 | • Algorithm ofInvention, ARIZ-71, 40 principles, matrix 36×36 • The Public Institute of Inventive Creativity (PIIC or its Russian acronym, AzOIIT) founded |
| 1973 | • Second edition of Algorithm ofInvention published • The first variant of su-field analysis •The first index of the physical effects •First conference of teachers in Dnepropetrovsk with certification of teachers (CB AuSIR) |
| 1974 | • TRIZ lessons in the Newsletter for pupils “The Pioneer Pravda” •Second conference of teachers in Gorky with certification of teachers (CB AuSIR) • Heuristics – persecution of TRIZ |
| 1975 | • ARIZ-75 – the physical contradiction • System of 1-5 standards |
| 1976 | • System of 6-9 standards • Courses of TRIZ in institute of improvement of professional skill in the ship-building industry • TRIZ education in professional technical schools |
| 1977 | • ARIZ-77 – the physical contradiction and physical contradiction at a micro-level • System of 11 standards • Value engineering and TRIZ • Inspiration on Demand published • Leningrad seminar |
| 1978 | • System of 18 standards • New system of laws • Method of forecasting of development of technical systems • Resources (the theory of applicability) |
| 1979 | • System of 28 standards |
| 1980 | • System of 54 standards • Seminar of teachers and researchers in Petrozavodsk • Wings for Ikarus published |
| 1982 | • ARIZ-82, ARIZ-82B, ARIZ-82C • Scale of imagination • Persecution of TRIZ |
| 1983 | • System of 59, 60 standards • Chemical Effects • Translations of books: Creativity as anExact Science into Polish, Wings for Ikarus into German, Algorithm of Invention into Vietnamese |
| 1984 | • Scientific seminar in Novosibirsk |
| 1985 | • ARIZ-85C • System of 76 standards • The Life Strategy of a Creative Person published |
| 1986 | • To Find an Idea published • Founding of the Kishinev Center |
| 1987 | • Geometrical effects |
| 1988 | Scientific seminar in Miass (Chelyabinsk) |
| 1989 | • Creation of TRIZ Association in the USSR • Search for New Ideas published • Registration of the Minsk cooperative society Invention Machine Lab |
| 1990 | Article “How to Become a Heretic” published |
| 1993-1996 | • The beginning of mass development of TRIZ-pedagogic • Principles for journalism and advertising • Creation of the Invention Machine Corporation •How to Become a Genius published |
| 1998 | Foundation of the Altshuller Institute in the USA |
| 2000-2003 | Foundation of the European TRIZ Association (ETRIA) |
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