Ball Larry and others. TRIZ Power Tools. Job №4. Simplifying. Simplifying, Cost Reducing & Overhauling to Increase Value

Third Millennium Publishing, 2010. — 228 p. — ISBN: 978-1-934805-30-5.Whether we have a product or service which is newly created or a legacy offering that needs to be overhauled, all offerings carry unnecessary burdens to the target market and to the business. This book provides an algorithm for identifying these burdens and then removing them, thus simplifying the offering. A simple product with a simple user interface can have a major impact on both the market and the business. It costs less and simplifies the life of the customer. This is a must-have book for innovators and system architects.Simplifying Systems
Represent the System in Functional Form
Identify Burdensome Functions and Elements
Simplify By Removing Large Groups of Elements
Simplify by Idealizing Individual Functions
Pick the Functions to Idealize
Idealize Useful Functions
The Ideal Product for Useful Functions
The Ideal Modification for Useful Functions
Is it Time for a New Physical Phenomenon?
The Ideal Physical Phenomenon for Useful Functions
Discovering New Physical Phenomena
The Ideal Tool for Useful Functions
Idealize Informing Functions
The Ideal Observer for Informing Functions
The Ideal Subject of Measurement
The Ideal Modification for Informing Functions
Is it Time for a New Physical Phenomenon?
The Ideal Physical Phenomenon for Informing Functions
The Ideal Chain of Objects for Informing Functions
Idealize Harmful Functions
The Ideal Product for Harmful Functions
The Ideal Modification for Harmful Functions
The Ideal Tool for Harmful Functions
Simplify by Eliminating Individual Elements
Simplify by Consolidating System Elements
Simplify by Modularizing
Recursively Simplify
Create a Compelling Aesthetic Interface
Appendix:
Working With Functions
Table of Fields