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TRIZ (pronounced
“treez”)
•Theory of Inventive Problem Solving
•Created by Genrich Altshuller
•Used (predominantly) to solve technical
problems
•TRIZ is based on the knowledge acquired
studying “author’s certificates” (the former USSR’s form of
patents)
…studied 200,00 patents
and select 40,000 patents
representing the most
effective solutions.