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An old, Russian set of heuristics to think out of the box and try to solve engineering design problems. Emphasis was on physycal design (i.e. not software) desp

by Pamar 8y ago

An old, Russian set of heuristics to think out of the box and try to solve engineering design problems. Emphasis was on physycal design (i.e. not software) despite some attempts to port the idea to other domains. While popular in Russia (but then at the time it was difficult to understand how much "popular/effective" it really was) it did not seem to get more traction elsewhere.

baybal2 8y ago
>it did not seem to get more traction elsewhere. Samsung, Goldstar and other Korean cos are on the train. In Samsung, you actually have to get a TRIZ certificate as a prerequisite for promotion above a certain level in their engineering units.
- vtail 8y ago
  Comment like yours is why I come to HN! Thank you - I was always interested in TRIZ (I’m from Russia originally) but didn’t know it to be applied anywhere outside of Russia. Out of curiosity, how did you learn about this? Quick ddg’ing found this Forbes article on how Samsung uses TRIZ: https://www.forbes.com/sites/haydnshaughnessy/2013/03/07/why-is-samsung-such-an-innovative-company/#8a837fe2ad7e https://www.forbes.com/sites/haydnshaughnessy/2013/03/07/why... They also mentioned that Intel might be using it, too.
  - baybal2 8y ago
    I had few years of high school in Russia in a school with some degree of engineering orientation. About TRIZ in Samsung and Korean cos, I learned that from Samsung pals I met. I've been all across Asia during the time when OEM electronics was booming: Vietnam, Taiwan, China, Singapore, SK, you name it.
    - ommunist 8y ago
      Yup, Khomenko, if memory serves, started to train Samsung engineers in the middle of the 90-ies using TRIZ.
- Pamar 8y ago
  Thanks for correcting me I am on the SW side and I investigated TRIZ a bit back in the ... 90s? It periodically resurfaced but I was never able to find actual usets in Europe (as I said, it may be that is more popular in physical engineering which is not my field at all).
krick 8y ago
It isn't that much famous in Russia either.

by Pamar 8y ago

baybal2 8y ago

>it did not seem to get more traction elsewhere. Samsung, Goldstar and other Korean cos are on the train. In Samsung, you actually have to get a TRIZ certificate as a prerequisite for promotion above a certain level in their engineering units.

vtail 8y ago
Comment like yours is why I come to HN! Thank you - I was always interested in TRIZ (I’m from Russia originally) but didn’t know it to be applied anywhere outside of Russia. Out of curiosity, how did you learn about this? Quick ddg’ing found this Forbes article on how Samsung uses TRIZ: https://www.forbes.com/sites/haydnshaughnessy/2013/03/07/why-is-samsung-such-an-innovative-company/#8a837fe2ad7e https://www.forbes.com/sites/haydnshaughnessy/2013/03/07/why... They also mentioned that Intel might be using it, too.
- baybal2 8y ago
  I had few years of high school in Russia in a school with some degree of engineering orientation. About TRIZ in Samsung and Korean cos, I learned that from Samsung pals I met. I've been all across Asia during the time when OEM electronics was booming: Vietnam, Taiwan, China, Singapore, SK, you name it.
  - ommunist 8y ago
    Yup, Khomenko, if memory serves, started to train Samsung engineers in the middle of the 90-ies using TRIZ.
Pamar 8y ago
Thanks for correcting me I am on the SW side and I investigated TRIZ a bit back in the ... 90s? It periodically resurfaced but I was never able to find actual usets in Europe (as I said, it may be that is more popular in physical engineering which is not my field at all).

krick 8y ago

It isn't that much famous in Russia either.