Editor | On 29, Jan 2008

Katie Barry

The American Society for Quality’s (ASQ) magazine, Quality Progress, January issue’s cover story, ”Conflict and Complexity,” looks at the use of problem-solving techniques, including TRIZ, and how they could have been used to prevent the Challenger disaster.

You do have to register to have access to the article, but registration is free and it’s a nice looks at the concrete usefulness of innovative methods and tools. For more about the use of TRIZ in space, read commentator Michael Slocum’s posts:

• The International Space Station Meets TRIZ and


• TRIZ Meets Cassini