TRIZ – Resolving Technical Contradictions

The vast majority of Continuous Improvement Professionals / Practitioners are unaware of “Technical Contradictions” in processes.

A Technical Contradiction is a problem where improving one parameter negatively affects another. Imagine a “See-Saw”. When the person on one side goes up, the other must go down… and vice-versa. For this example, let's assume that you have a knob that controls the weight on each side of the See-Saw. And let's assume that the goal is to keep the See-Saw perfectly balanced… for a an optimized process. As this system currently exists, balancing the See-Saw is your only approach. BUT what we “really want is to have maximize both sides of this equation (effectively creating a “V” out of the solid See-Saw”).

The process would need to be completely re-imagined to get this result. TRIZ (the “Theory of Incentive Problem Solving”) provides a set of tools for inventive solutions.

TRIZ Power Tools – Resolving Technical Contradictions:
https://www.opensourcetriz.com/index.php/triz-books/triz-skills/resolving-contradictions