New book: Microstandards of Thinking

We are happy to announce the publication of Lev Pevzner’s new book, translated into English by Yakov Katsman: People think in analogies. By drawing on similar or parallel examples, we can often solve complex problems quickly. The TRIZ tool “Microstandards,” developed in the 1980s, is based on these analogies and is a powerful tool for … Read more

All TRIZ AI agents in one place

I’ve compiled a comprehensive overview of AI agents and GPTs for TRIZ on our website, organized by TRIZ level and tool. For each tool you’ll find: – Gemini-based agents (Version 4.0 and 3.0, hosted directly on our site) – ChatGPT GPTs (Version 4.0) – Custom GPTs developed by Tanasak Pheunghua and TRIZ Consulting Group The … Read more

Function Modeling Meets Value Analysis: Now included in the Free Function Modeling Tool

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

New tool: Visualizing a tabular Function Model with AI

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