Introduction to Umakant Mishra's TRIZ Principles for Information Technology

Author: Toru Nakagawa

Abstract:

This page introduces you to a new textbook "TRIZ Principles for Information Technology" written by Umakant Mishra (India). The book is pre-published as a draft edition from Technical Innovation Center, USA, for the purpose of getting review and comment from readers.

           

I had a chance to read the draft of its Introduction and first three chapters in May, 2006. I found the text excellent and later communicated with the Author directly in September to October last year to support his plan of publication in English and also to discuss the possibilities of translating into Japanese and of publishing (or, more exactly, getting published) the textbook in Japanese Edition. I saw the whole volume of this manuscript for the first time at TRIZCON2007 in Louisville in the above mentioned Draft edition. I found it really interesting and important; thus I bought 6 copies (i.e., all the left copies among 10 brought in by TIC) and carried them back to Japan in my suitcase. ...

           

This paper was originally published in “TRIZ Home Page in Japan” in phases during Aug 2007 to Jan 2008. Reposted in TRIZsite Journal with the permission of Dr. Nakagawa, Editor, TRIZ Home Page in Japan. For original contents please refer to the author’s site below.

http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/eforum/e2007Forum/eMishraTextbook0708/eMishraTextbook-070817.html

Global Network of Public Web Sites in TRIZ: A Proposal for Building Global TRIZ Community

Author: Toru Nakagawa

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My proposal is (i) Let's build many Public Web sites in different TRIZ communities,

           

and (ii) set both outward-looking and inward-looking windows on them for overcoming the language barriers, and (iii) form an autonomous global network of them in the Internet. Thus the vision is in short: A Global TRIZ Community intermediated by many "TRIZ Home Page in XXXXX".

           

This paper was originally published in “TRIZ Home Page in Japan” in May 2008. Reposted in trizsite.com under the permission by Dr. Nakagawa, Editor, TRIZ Home Page in Japan. For original contents please refer to the author’s site.

http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/eforum/e2008Forum/ePublicSites08/ePublicSitesProposal080525.html

Japanese Translation Project of Umakant Mishra's IT and TRIZ Book

Author: Masatoshi Hotta and Toru Nakagawa

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This is the page for introducing you to the "Japanese Translation Project of Umakant Mishra's IT & TRIZ Book". The original English text was published with the title of "TRIZ Principles for Information Technology" as a Draft edition by Technical Innovation Center, USA (2007). Last year I posted a Web page for introducing this book to the people in Japan and in the world. The page contains (i) Introduction to the book, (ii) Contents of the book, (iii) about the position and significance of this book, and (iv) on the Japanese Translation Project. ...

           

This paper was originally published in “TRIZ Home Page in Japan” in Mar 9 & Sep 7, 2008. Reposted in trizsite.com under the permission by Dr. Nakagawa, Editor, TRIZ Home Page in Japan. For original contents please refer /emishrabookproject-08.html at author’s site.

http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/eforum/e2008Forum/eMishraTextbook08/eMishraBookProject-08.html

Editorial: Appreciating Nakagawa’s Papers on TRIZ and USIT

Author: Umakant Mishra

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I take this opportunity to write a few words about Dr. Toru Nakagawa, whose contribution to TRIZ is recognized by every TRIZ professional around the world. Dr. Nakagawa has been working dedicatedly on TRIZ and USIT since more than a decade. He actively participates in almost all international conferences on TRIZ including TRIZCON (organized by AI, USA), ETRIA TFC (organized by ETRIA) and TRIZ Symposium in Japan (organized by Japan TRIZ Society). He is one of the key persons to organize TRIZ Symposium in Japan, an International conference since 2005.

           

Dr. Nakagawa founded a website "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" in November 1998 and voluntarily served as the Editor of the site. He has written (and presented too) a large number of papers on TRIZ and USIT. His continuous effort on improving USIT and integration with TRIZ is praiseworthy. I am an admirer of Dr. Nakagawa’s research papers and thought of republishing some of his glorious papers in trizsite.com for the benefit of TRIZ lovers around the world. I am thankful to Dr. Nakagawa for his kind permission to republish the following papers in October 2008 issue of TRIZsite Journal.

Evaluating the book: “TRIZ: The Right Solutions at the Right Time”

This is a small appreciation of Dr. Yuri Salamatov’s TRIZ book. The book has 10 chapters, all on different approaches and methods of solving problems. Each chapter tries to solve problems using different techniques of TRIZ.  The book not only describes all 40 Inventive Principles, 76 Inventive Standards, 39 Contradiction Parameters and other Techniques of TRIZ, but also illustrates a series of 114 practical problems and their solutions. The book has been translated into many languages including Japanese. This is undoubtedly one of the most impressive and essential textbooks on TRIZ.

Keywords: TRIZ, Altshuller, Yuri Salamatov, Innovation, Invention, Inventive Problem Solving, Ideal Final Result, IFR,

http://works.bepress.com/umakant_mishra/95

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262042282_Evaluating_TRIZ_The_Right_Solutions_at_the_Right_Time

The Ideal IFR is no IFR- Criticism to the TRIZ concept of Ideality

Author: Umakant Mishra

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The limitations of TRIZ concept of Ideality hail from its root philosophy of Idealism. As the “ideas” are there in human minds/brains they are subjective in nature. The concept of “Ideal” and IFR may vary from person to person as they are biased by individual judgments. Similarly the IFR may vary from system to system and at different phases of the development of a system.

However, the same limitations may be considered as the strengths of Idealism. As the IFRs can be different for different people and groups, the solution developer should not always take his own IFR for granted. She has to consider the benefits of all adjacent systems, sub-systems and super systems while developing a solution. It is always more ideal to solve problems at higher levels.

Keywords: TRIZ, Altshuller, Innovation, Invention, Inventive Problem Solving, Ideality, Contradiction, Resources, Ideal Final Result, IFR, Ideal Product, Ideal Process, Ideal solution, Ideal method, Ideal resources,

Mishra, Umakant, The Ideal IFR is No IFR: Criticism to the TRIZ Concept of Ideality (June 19, 2013). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2282002 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2282002

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2282002 

http://works.bepress.com/umakant_mishra/94

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262042437_The_Ideal_IFR_is_no_IFR-_Criticism_to_the_TRIZ_concept_of_Ideality

Introduction to the Concept of Ideality in TRIZ

Author: Umakant Mishra

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Ideality is one of the most powerful concepts of TRIZ. According to ideality, the ideal state of the system is where all its functions are achieved without causing any problem. The system is better, faster, low cost, low error, low maintenance and so on. In other words, an ideal system consists of all positives and no negatives.

An ideal product or system may not materially exist, or may not be possible to achieve, but the knowledge of the ideal system helps us to improve an existing system. Once we conceive the features of the ideal product (or system), we keep those features as the goal and try to improve the current product (or system) to achieve that goal. Even if an ideal system is impossible to achieve, the concept of an ideal system helps us to build the product of the next generation.

Keywords: TRIZ, Altshuller, Innovation, Invention, Inventive Problem Solving, Ideality, Contradiction, Resources, Ideal Final Result, IFR, Ideal Product, Ideal Process, Ideal solution, Ideal method, Ideal resources,

Mishra, Umakant, Introduction to the Concept of Ideality in TRIZ (June 2, 2013). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2273178 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2273178

http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2273178

http://works.bepress.com/umakant_mishra/93

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255697281_Introduction_to_the_Concept_of_Ideality_in_TRIZ