Interesting books, WWW, etc. for TRIZnics (by S.D. Savransky)

"Knowledge is Power" ... even for TRIZniks

TRIZ is a methodology for serious people who cannot limit themselves only to reading TRIZ books. Any TRIZnik has to expand his/her knowledge in various related fields. Here we present selected books that are useful for a TRIZnik. The books cited below will give you a deeper understanding of the research and tools around TRIZ. Anyone who is serious about being more inventive, creative and innovative should have these books in his or her personal library.

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Engineering Design : A Systematic Approach

by Gerhard Pahl, Wolfgang Beitz

2nd Edition Paperback Published by Springer Verlag, 1996

One of the best books in the area of engineering design.

Or in German

Konstruktionslehre : Methoden Und Anwendung

See our comments http://www.trizexperts.net/triz_vs_engtheories.htm

The QFD Handbook

by Jack B. Revelle, John W. Moran, Charles Cox

Quality Function Deployment (QFD) translates customer requirements into engineering or design requirements, translates these engineering or design requirements into product or part characteristics; translates these product or part characteristics into manufacturing operations and these into specific operations and controls.

Product Design and Development

by Karl T. Ulrich, Steven D. Eppinger

Published by McGraw Hill 1995

Table of Contents Preface 1. Introduction 2. Development Processes and Organizations 3. Identifying Customer Needs 4. Establishing Product Specifications 5. Concept Generation 6. Concept Selection 7. Product Architecture 8. Industrial Design 9. Design for Manufacturing 10. Effective Prototyping 11. Economics of Product Development Projects 12. Managing Product Development Projects Index

See also our comments http://www.trizexperts.net/triz_vs_engtheories.htm

Forecasting and Management of Technology (Wiley Series in Engineering and Technology Management)

by A.T. Roper, T. Mason, F. Rossini, J. Banks, and Alan Porter

Published by John Wiley & Sons, 1991 Hardcover, 448 pages

A textbook on technology forecasting for businessmen and engineers. Provides a good basic framework, describes several forecasting methods, and introduces the assessment and evaluation of technological change.

Table of Contents OVERVIEW AND PRINCIPLES Management, Technology, and the Future Principles of Sociotechnical Change Technology Planning Forecasting Managing the Forecasting Project METHODS General Methodological Issues The Stimulation of Creativity Monitoring Basic Tools for Quantitative Trend Extrapolation Extrapolating Technological Trends Expert Opinion Simulation Scenarios Economic Forecasting and Analysis ASSESSMENT TO MANAGE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE Impact Assessment: General Issues and the Identification of the Impacts of Technology Analysis of the Impacts of Technologies Benefit/Cost and Risk Analysis Evaluation of Technologies and Their Impacts Managing the Present from the Future Appendices Bibliography Index.

Creativity and Innovation : The ASTD Trainer's Sourcebook

by Elaine Biech

Published by McGraw-Hill, 1996, 302 pp.

More than just fascinating reading, this book is a pathway toward the secret ingredient of corporate success: the nourishment of useful ideas.

TRIZ BOOKS

Systematic Innovation: An Introduction to TRIZ

by John Terninko, Alla Zusman, Boris Zlotin

A good introduction into TRIZ along with authors ideas.

The Science of Innovation: A Managerial Overview of the TRIZ Methodology by Victor R. Fey, Eugene I. Rivin (Contributor)

A good short explanation of the main TRIZ ideas.

H. Altov And Suddenly the Inventor Appeared: TRIZ, the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (Translated and adapted from the Russian by Lev Shulyak.)

This book, written by Altshuller under a pseudonym, is aimed for pupils.

40 Principles: TRIZ Keys to Technical Innovation by Genrich Altshuller, Uri Fedoseev, Steven Rodman (Translator), Lev Shulyak (Translator)
Worcester, MA: Technical Innovation Center, 1998

The funny illustrations of inventive principles.

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Books in Russian

Þ¸ýþòû òõþðøø òòþð÷õ¸òòð.

Ðúþô à. Ø¸úó¸¸òòþ ðõøõýøÿ ÿðþñûõü. - Ü.: Üøð, 1982

Ñøðþúþò Ñ.Ò., Óóô÷øý Ø.Ñ. Üðøøýð ø òòþð÷õ¸òòþ. - Ü.: àðôøþ ø ¸òÿ÷ü, 1982.

Ôöþý¸ Ô.Ú. Øýöõýõðýþõ ø õþôþöõ¸òòõýýþõ úþý¸òðóøðþòðýøõ. - Ü.: Üøð, 1976.

Ôöþý¸ Ô.Ú. Üõòþôû ÿðþõúòøðþòðýøÿ. - Ü.: Üøð, 1986.

Ôøú¸þý. ßðþõúòøðþòðýøõ ¸ø¸òõü: ø÷þñðõòðòõûü¸òòþ, ðýðûø÷ ø ÿðøýÿòøõ ðõøõýøù. - Ü.: Üøð, 1969.

àðùýþò â.Ø. âõþðøÿ òòþð÷õ¸òòð. - åððüúþò, 1914.

áòþûÿðþò Ð.Ü. íòðø¸òø÷õ¸úøõ ÿðøõüû ø üõòþôû ðúòøòø÷ðöøø òòþð÷õ¸úþóþ üûøûõýøÿ. - Ü: ÒÝØØßØ, 1988.

áòþûÿðþò Ð.Ü. Üõòþôþûþóø÷õ¸úøõ þ¸ýþòû ø÷þñðõòðòõûü¸úþóþ òòþð÷õ¸òòð. - Ü: ÒÝØØßØ, 1989.

ãøû¸þý Ð., ãøû¸þý Ü. ãÿððòûõýøõ ø òòþð÷õ¸òòþ ÿðø ÿðþõúòøðþòðýøø ¸ø¸òõü. - Ü.: áþòõò¸úþõ ððôøþ, 1976.

âõõýþûþóøÿ òòþð÷õ¸òòð.

ßþòõûõùúþ à.ß. Øýöõýõðýþõ òòþð÷õ¸òòþ. - Ü.: ×ýðýøõ, 1977.

ßþýðüððõò ï.Ð. ß¸øõþûþóøÿ òòþð÷õ¸òòð ø ÿõôðóþóøúð. - 1976.

èóüøûøý Ð.â. ßðþñûõüû òõþðøø òòþð÷õ¸òòð. - Ü.: àðôøþ ø ¸òÿ÷ü, 1989.

íýóõûüüõùõð ß.Ú. âõþðøÿ òòþð÷õ¸òòð. - á.ßõòõðñóðó, 1910.

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