What is TRIZ?

TRIZ is a problem solving, analysis and forecasting tool derived from the study of patterns of invention in the global patent literature. In English, the name translates as "The Theory of Inventive Problem Solving". Originally developed by Soviet inventor, engineer and author, Genrich Altshuller and his colleagues, some consider it to be a science of technological evolution.

TRIZ documents commonly observed patterns and trends in the development of technological systems, including systems created by humans such as organizations, processes and social structures.

TRIZ has many reasonances with other, perhaps more well known, innovation and problem solving tools. The reason for this is that they, like TRIZ, were also derived by understanding what works. TRIZ stands out because its depth and rigor. It is now generally acknowledged that TRIZ is helping to unify other theories.

The breath of TRIZ allow those who study it to look at any system with fresh eyes and to rapidly determine the ways in which it might be improved, or may improve over time. Some experts go as far as to claim that TRIZ trends will inevitably play out in any system competing in a marketplace, drawing an analogy from biological evolution.

Southbeach Modeller is not a specific TRIZ tool. However, it is popular with TRIZ experts. The reason is that it allows them to draw, and analyze, many of the kinds of diagrams they need in a TRIZ project.

Another reason that Southbeach is popular with TRIZ experts, is because it includes a rules engine called MyCreativity. This lets those familiar with TRIZ methods, and similar methods, to automate the generation of reports and creativity from any model they create.

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