Download or read book TRIZICS written by Gordon Cameron and published by Gordon Cameron. This book was released on 2010 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRIZ first emerged from the former Soviet Union in the 1990's. TRIZ is the Russian acronym for Theory of Inventive Problem Solving. TRIZ is a set of tools for directing creative thinking based upon the study of patents. Breakthrough thinking is not left to creative inspiration. Instead, new and innovative ideas that solve simple to highly complex technical problems or create new inventions can be systematically derived. TRIZICS is an organized process for the practical application of TRIZ, it incorporates TRIZ tools into a simple step-by-step framework that includes the logic of structured problem solving, leverages TRIZ tools for root cause analysis, and directs the user to select the appropriate TRIZ tool to use during the problem solving process.Reviews:http://kipanet.org/sites/default/files/July%202011.pdf Published in the Knowledge & Information Professional Association Volume2 Issue 4 - July 2011. The author of the review concludes: "As an innovation professional, I have headed R&D departments, produced patents, and invented my share of stuff. I have participated in many brain-storming, lateral thinking, and problem solution courses. I am not given to hyperbole: Cameron's book - a comprehensive guide to invention and problem solution - is the best I have ever seen, bar none. Its contents will easily support a full year course in invention/knowledge creation at the uni-versity level. A rich source of information, it will require careful study, read-ing, and re-reading to master its contents. However, it is worthy of the effort. TRIZICS is the new quintessential resource for creative problem solv-ing and invention." - Joe Colannino Published in the Linkedin Group: TRIZ Innovators - Innovation Tool Expert Network of Innovative People Sept 2011I fully agree with the reviewer's comments - the book is not only the most lucid and informative book on TRIZ I have read. Most importantly it clarifies when and when not to use the TRIZ methods in a way that is clear and obvious immediately after reading but must have taken you years of groping with the various methods to formulate. This clarity is achieved by first categorising problems into 4 types and I believe this critical original thinking of problem categorisation is as simple but yet as profound as Deming's type I and Type II causes or Ohno's 7 wastes. I mightn't read Deming or Ohno every day but every time I'm faced with a tricky problem their key insights are at the core of my thinking approach and I have now added your 4 problem types to this profound core. Congratulations on producing a guide that anyone can follow with a bit of effort to scale the TRIZ Everest to Base Camp in a week and all the way to the summit with the assurance of having a Sherpa guide and provided they are prepared to put in the necessary work.Mike Posted by Mike McMenaminSee www.AMAZON.com for more reviews of 'TRIZICS'.