Classes of 'Creative Problem Solving Thinking' -- Experiences at Osaka Gakuin University

Author: Toru Nakagawa

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Experiences of the classes of 'Creative Problem Solving Thinking' at Faculty of Informatics of Osaka Gakuin University are reported. A course of 15 lectures has been given to 2nd year (and over) students with the theme of 'Methodologies for Creative Problem Solving'. Since the students do not have much background knowledge of technologies yet, the course is taught by giving basics of doing research and thinking and basics of concepts of systems and functions. Processes of problem solving were explained step by step showing various examples and different methods mostly of TRIZ and USIT. In the Seminar Classes, small groups of students were trained on the theme of 'Creative Problem Solving Thinking' at about 27 classes for 3rd and for 4th year students. Training is mostly done with group practices by using published or new case studies. Students have solved various everyday-life problems as their thesis works. A new Web site "TRIZ Home Page for Students by Students" has been established in March 2006, posting their thesis woks and discussions on their findings with TRIZ/USIT. Some case studies of solving everyday-life problems are demonstrated. ...

           

This paper was originally published in “TRIZ Home Page in Japan” in May 2007. 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.

http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/epapers/e2007Papers/eNakaTRIZCON0704/eNakaTRIZCON2007-Teaching070505.html

Education and Training of Creative Problem Solving Thinking with TRIZ/USIT

Author: Toru Nakagawa

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Experiences of teaching under-graduate students and training industrial engineers on how to think creatively in problem solving are reported. The contents are based on the TRIZ methodology but have been further reorganized and unified into USIT (Unified Structured Inventive Thinking) for easier to learn and apply. Case studies, published by engineers in technologies and obtained by students for everyday-life problems, are found useful in both teaching/training situations. ...

This paper was originally published in “TRIZ Home Page in Japan” in Nov 2007. 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/epapers/e2007Papers/eNakaETRIA2007-Teaching/eNakaETRIA2007-Teaching071115.html

A System for Preventing from Our Leaving Things Behind-- A Case in 2-Day USIT Training Seminar

Author: Toru Nakagawa

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USIT (Unified Structured Inventive Thinking) is a methodology and an overall procedure for creative problem solving, originally developed by Ed Sickafus and then further enhanced by the present author as a new generation of TRIZ.Usage and training of USIT are demonstrated in the present paper by example of an actual case of problem solving in a 2-Day USIT Training Seminar carried out with participants in a multi-company situation. The problem was to concept a practical system for preventing from our leaving things behind, such as a bag on a train's shelf, glasses on a restaurant table, an umbrella at an entrance, etc. The initially-vague problem was to be defined more clearly in terms of 'the timing of leaving a thing behind'.Then the situation is analyzed in the USIT scheme of Objects-Attributes-Functions and Space & Time, and ideal solutions are imagined by use of the USIT Particles method.On the basis of these analyses various solution ideas are generated and are composed into a conceptual solution.This example shows the USIT's capability of handling problems which are initially-vague , related to software, and oriented to process, etc.

           

This paper was originally published in “TRIZ Home Page in Japan” in Jun 2006. 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 below.

http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/epapers/e2006Papers/eNakaUSITCaseTRIZCON0604/eNakaUSITCaseTRIZCON060619.html

Introduction to Umakant Mishra's TRIZ Principles for Information Technology

Author: Toru Nakagawa

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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.