Assignment
INSTRUCTIONS
Use TRIZ techniques to generate new ideas, alternatives, and potential solutions for your business problem.You may use the scenario from last week or a new scenario. You must use the TRIZ tool. Discuss the tool and your use of the techniques and the results on your problem. You should include a cover page and a second page with brief detail regarding your problem and objectives.Include the specific numbers and labels for the principles, features, etc.
You should include a cover page and a second page with a brief summary that defines the problem, its background, and a list of objectives.
The response should be of your personal view or experience and include at least two external sources to support your views (beyond the textbooks).
The length must be between 600 and 900 words excluding the title, problem statement, and references.
Formal writing is required using APA.
Copied input, quotations, and paraphrasing will require citations and references conforming to APA 6th edition standards.
Links and Additional Information about TRIZ
Online TRIZ Tool
Use this online tool to enter up to 3 factors that will improve the problem. Remember, some terms might not fit the problem exactly, so you can be creative in how you associate the terms. Enter up to 3 factors that might degrade the situation as the improvements are made. The tool will provide several principles that can be translated to help you come up with alternatives.
http://www.time-to-innovate.com/en/steps_matrix
Translations for Principles
Once you have entered your improving and degrading options, the tool will provide a list of principles to help generate alternatives. Depending on the type of problem you have, some of these lists will help you translate the engineering-based principles to easier to understand business, general, food or human related terms.
Business: https://triz-journal.com/40-inventive-business-principles-examples/
General: https://triz-journal.com/40-inventive-principles-examples/
Food: https://triz-journal.com/40-inventive-food-principles-examples/
Human Factors and Ergonomics: https://triz-journal.com/40-inventive-principles-for-human-factors-and-ergonomics/
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