Use the technical contradiction resolution matrix

In its body of knowledge, TRIZ offers a range of tools to help solve inventive problems. The easiest to access and probably the best-known of these is the matrix for resolving technical contradictions.

This sheet shows you how to use this matrix, starting from a clearly formulated technical contradiction (see "Formulating an engineering problem using the TRIZ technical and physical contradiction formalism" sheet).

The benefits of using the matrix can be summed up in two points:

• help in generating solution concepts based on the experience of thousands of inventors in all disciplines;

• a guide to resolving your contradictions, training you not to compromise when it comes to resolving them.