7. Conclusion

In this first part, we have just seen the foundations of TRIZ, the first steps in describing a technical system, and then the way in which this system must be analyzed in order to derive a certain number of hypotheses as to its evolution towards its future generation. These steps are essentially a way of answering the question "Which inventive problem is most relevant to my situation? However, a problem can be considered solved as soon as an answer is also provided to the question "how can I solve this problem? For this second stage, the TRIZ is building up a knowledge base expressed in generic terms, derived from investigations carried out on patents and fundamental scientific knowledge recorded in encyclopedias. The idea is that, once an inventive problem has been properly posed, tools pointing to these bases will help the user glimpse the statistically relevant generic alternatives for...