Together with Dr. Simon Litvin, I have published a white paper on MPV Discovery: MPV stands for Main Parameters of Value. These are key attributes of a product or service that have a major influence on purchasing decisions. MPVs integrate the voice of the product and the voice of the customer into a single process … Read more
How do you determine which components truly justify their cost? After I did the Function Modeling Tool described in a post earlier, I asked myself, if I couldn’t integrate Value Analysis directly into the modeling workflow, as we still have problems with this step in AI generated Function Models. Here’s what’s new: Value Analysis Classify … Read more
As TRIZ Consulting Group, we are honored to publish a very special book and are delighted that MATRIZ Official has placed its trust in us: “The book presents a rich collection of essays, interviews, and personal recollections that reveal Altshuller not only as the creator of TRIZ, but also as a visionary human being whose … Read more
For a long time, there was an annoying interruption in my workflow: I used AI to convert a function analysis from a table into a graphic – and then had to redraw everything by hand because tables are difficult to “grasp” if you can’t see their structure. Two ideas changed that: Jochen Wessner suggested instructing … Read more
Next year, the TRIZ Student Award will be presented again. With this award, the European TRIZ Campus aims to bring young people who are enthusiastic about TRIZ into contact with the most important TRIZ figures at an early stage. If you know a student who should receive this award, you can register them as a … Read more
The motto for the 4th TRIZ User Day is: “TRIZ ∞: other areas, other methods.” The focus of the hybrid conference on June 9, 2026, in Nuremberg and online will be on new applications, research, and extensions of the TRIZ methodology. Experienced users from industry and research will present their work, which further develops TRIZ … Read more
The TRAI 2025 conference took place last week in Paris, featuring 48 papers from 16 countries, many accompanied by software-based solutions. The official proceedings are now published in two volumes by Springer. As previously announced, both volumes are available for free download for a short time: To access both volumes: Go to the conference website: … Read more
The following sorting options were and are available in the 40IP app: You can select the technical contradiction using the Altschuller Matrix or Matrix2003. Another option is sorting according to Fayer’s group classification. Or you can arrange the proposed principles for resolving the physical contradiction according to Simon Litvin, in line with the prevailing doctrine … Read more
As TRIZ Consulting Group, we have the honor of publishing a very special book and are delighted that MATRIZ Official has placed its trust in us: “It’s Hard to Be a Genius — Altshuller Up Close” pays tribute to the life and achievements of Genrich Altshuller. This comprehensive work paints a vivid portrait of the … Read more
A course participant had created a Heatmap-Excel file in German based on Matrix2003 to find out which innovation principles are statistically best suited to solve certain contradictions. Unfortunately, this practical tool only works with Windows, so I developed a web application in English that also provides clear results on a cell phone. You select one … Read more