18th TRIZ Symposium in Japan 2022
Sept. 1 (Thu) - 2 (Fri), 2022
OnlineWTSP World TRIZ Sites / Around-TRIZ Sites Catalogs (5)Useful & Attractive Information Source-- Use Actively and Improve Them Further
Toru Nakagawa (Osaka Gakuin University, Japan)
Darrell Mann

(Systematic Innovation Network, UK),

Michael Orloff(Academy of Instrumental Modern TRIZ,
Germany),

Simon Dewulf(AULIVE & Innovation Logic , Australia)

Simon Litvin(GEN TRIZ, LLC., USA)

Valeri Souchkov (ICG Training & Consulting, Netherlands)

Outline of Presentation[1] Introduction: Vision & Brief History of the WTSP Project
Vision, Website as the unit, Basic requirements for Catalogs,
Evaluation Criteria of Websites, Brief History[2] WTSP World Catalogs of TRIZ-related Sites: Structure & Usage
Description of individual websites, Standard Form, Close introduction,
Structure of a Catalog page, Country WTSP Catalog,
Structure of World WTSP Catalogs, World WTSP Catalogs,[3] Outputs: World WTSP Catalogs (Jul. 2022)
Japan WTSP Catalog, TRIZ sites in individual countries, World TRIZ Sites Catalogs,
Building Around-TRIZ Catalogs, World Around-TRIZ SItes Catalogs,
WTSP World TRIZ-related Sites Catalogs[4] Concluding Remarks
What we learned from WTSP World Catalogs, Examining World WTSP Catalogs,
Problems and Future of the WTSP Project

Proposal to Establish a New Website Representative in TRIZ

[1] Introduction: Vision & Brief History of the WTSP Project[1A] Vision of the WTSP Project In the field of TRIZ and Around-TRIZ, we collect good information sources andpublicize them openly in Catalogs.
 We cover a wide scope of 'Creative Problem Solving Methodologies' in general.
 On such various methodologies, we have multiple interests in their theoreticalbases, application methods, practices, case studies, promoting organizations,activities, etc.
 As the units of information sources, we focus on Websites and create Catalogs ofreliable and useful Websites in the world with annotations of individual Websites.
 We try to explore good Websites which have been buried in the flood of
information.
 Such Catalogs will make 'Methods for achieving Innovations' clearer and widely
known.
 The activities for creating the Catalogs will cultivate cooperative relationships
among the people working in these relevant fields.

Nakagawa proposed & started the WTSP Project on a voluntary basis.
(Dec. 2017)

[1B] Websites are useful as the unit of information sources
Cf: papers, articles, web pages, patents -- Smaller, scatteringbooks, journals, conferences, repositories -- Larger, enumerative
 Websites represent some active entities (e.g., organizations, groups, key
persons) The activities of Websites usually last several years or decades.
 A series of outputs (works, documents) are posted in a large amount,with some categorization, and in reasonably high quality.
 Easily accessible with URLs, open to public, and usually free/low ofcharge.
 Documents are written easy to understand, updated and accumulated,and showing the latest versions.
 Useful as the access points to relevant primary information sources
 Websites may have quite different purposes, natures, types, contents, etc.

[1C] Three Basic Requirements for Any Catalog from Users(Cf. 'Catalogs of Good Restaurants','Catalogs of Sight-seeing Places', etc.)

Req. 1: Collect good items (i.e., websites in our case) widely,
select them with evaluation, andshow them in categories.
Req. 2: Individual items should be introduced
in a proper/fair manner briefly or closely
so as to guide the readers/users to the items.
Req. 3: It should be easy for users to find one/many items
which match their current interest/needs
inside the Catalog.
We are working to create the World WTSP Catalogs fulfilling theserequirements as much as possible.

[1D] Evaluation Criteria of Websites in the WTSP Catalogs
Cf. Internet surveys output hundreds of webpages without proper selection.

Our Criteria of Website Evaluation (Multiple criteria for accepting diversity)
Quality (reliable, correct, novel, original, comprehensive, up-to-date, ...)
Attractiveness (interesting, easy-to-understand, illustrative, ...)
Usefulness (resourceful, reference, handy, practical, effective, ...)
Accessibility (open access, free/low charge, used by many, ...)
Scope (scope of the theme/field, scope of activities, ...)

Symbol marks for showing the evaluation
◎
○
□
△
－

Most important (top about 30)
Important(next about 100)WorthyWorthyInsignificant/irrelevant.

in World Catalogs
in World Catalogs
in World Catalogs,
in Country Catalogs,

We should evaluate every Website even tentatively at the early stage,
and refine the evaluation later through public reviewing.

[1E] Brief History of the WTSP Project (Activities and Outputs)
2017 Dec. Started the WTSP Project. Volunteer based, with many supporters.
2018 Apr. Pilot project. Completed the Japan WTSP Catalog.
Oct. Presentation at ETRIA TFC2018.
About 80 Members/Members-to-be from 30 countries
2019 Oct. Preliminary Edition of World WTSP Catalogs.
TRIZ sites and Around-TRIZ sites.
2020 Jun. Brushed up into Beta Edition. (Established Structure and building)
Oct. Presented at 5 TRIZ conferences Online. Russia, USA,
Europe (Romania), Taiwan, Japan (Japan Creativity Society).
2021 Apr. Internet surveys of TRIZ website in 52 countries individually.
2022 Jun. World Catalogs of Around-TRIZ Sites are revised and enhanced.
Situations of Activities
 We have been posting the reports on our plans, process of building theCatalogs, outputs, etc. in "TRIZ Home Page in Japan", and sent emails
regularly to about 200 members/supporters of the WTSP Project.
 Even though we have many members/supporters，very few of them actuallywork for making Country Catalogs in a Team and writing site introductions.

[2] WTSP World Catalogs of TRIZ-related Sites: Structure & Usage[2A] Description of Individual Websites : 4 Stages(0) Basic Information to be used in the Index part(to be written by Surveyor, Site-owner)
Site Code, Evaluation, Site name, Site domain URL,
Location (Country), Language(s)Role(s) of site, Single-line description(a) (0) + Brief introduction (in free format, 3-15 lines)(by Surveyor)(b) Description in the WTSP Standard Form (A4, 1 page) Mandatory(by Site-owner)(0) + Application phase(s), Application field(s), Method(s),Introduction of site (5-10 lines), Link to (c) Close Introduction(c) Close Introduction in free-format (A4, 2 to 10+ pages) Optional(by Site-owner)

[2B] Standard Form of Site Description to be filled by the Site Owner
Ex: Team: JP, Site Code: JP-10, Written by Kazuya Yamaguchi
Site Name **Ex. MOST LLC (Kazuya Yamaguchi)

Site domain URL** Ex. http://www7b.biglobe.ne.jp/~most/ (Japanese)
Site Location **Ex. Japan
Site Language **Ex.

Roles of Site **Ex. (e4) Consultants, (a1) Dedicated for information sending

Evaluation **Single-line
Description *Ex. ○ Important （about top 100) in the World Catalogs （5 grades: ◎○□△－）
Ex. Trace records in consulting in the whole engineering fields, by use of QFD‐TRIZ‐
Taguchi Method.
Ex. (c) Solution generation phase: (c1) Idea generation, (c2) Solution building,(c3) Solution evaluation and selection
Ex. (c) Engineering: all the subfields of Engineering (c1) through (c9)Ex. (b) Needs and problem finding: (b2) Quality Function Deployment (QFD),(g) Idea generation tools: (g1) Use of typical patterns of idea generation,(h) Solution building methods: (h1) Design methods,(j) Solution implementation methods: (j3) Manufacturing, mass production,
Ex MOST LLC has obtained from many companies/laboratories, who used tohave serious difficulties, the reputations that they were navigated well towonderful solutions through consulting. ..
(Free format, in 5 - 10 lines)

Application phase *Application Fields *Methods *Description ofIntroduction *jp

Further Detailed
Information(Optional) (Separate HTML file, Free format, 2-5 (or 10) pages in A4)
Ex. SiteIntro-JP-10-MOST.html (Written by Kazuya Yamaguchi)

Note of description

Ex. Written by Kazuya Yamaguchi (Site Owner), Aug. 31, 2020** Mandatory, * Desirable;

#
#
#
#
#
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#

#: Use codes for categorizations (See detail in the WTSP website).

[2C] Optional: Close Introduction by the Site Owner
Free format in 2 - 5 pages (or more) in A4, a separate file.
Choose some style suitable for the site depending on its nature.
Ex. "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" (Toru Nakagawa)(16 pages in A4)(1) Features: History, Editor, Purpose,
Fields/types/scopes of articles,
Special features (Parallel in Japanese andin English, Methods for accessing articles)(2) Selected Articles (Brief explanation of selected 160 articles)(a) Introducing TRIZ （1997～2001）(b) Introducing USIT (Unified Structured Inventive Thinking) （1998 - 2001)(c) Extending USIT （USIT Operator System） (2002 - 2003）(d) Absorbing Modernized TRIZ （At International conferences, etc.)（2001 - 2004）(e) 'Six-Box Scheme: A new paradigm of creative problem solving' (2003 - 2006)(f) Activities of Japan TRIZ Society and Japan TRIZ Symposia (2005 - 2008)(g) Education with TRIZ/USIT at Osaka Gakuin Univ. (2000 - 2012)(h) Activities of Japan TRIZ Society and international communications (2009 - 2012)(i) 'General Methodology of Creative Problem Solving' with Six-Box Scheme (2012-2016)(j) Various topics of communications/issues/interests in wider scopes (2011 - 2019)(k) 'Liberty vs Love': the Principal Contradiction of Human Culture (2015 - 2019)(l) World Catalogs of TRIZ-related Sites (WTSP Project) (Dec, 2017 - present)[2D] Structure of a sample page in WTSP Catalog
Index Table of sites

Index Part

Code
Arranged by
Roles of site,
andEvaluation

XX‐03

Eval

◎

Name

HP XX

URL

www.

Internet (Global)
Roles Desc

(a1)
Info

WebsiteHP XX(a)(b)(c)

Either in a separate file (Index type) or in the same file (Print type)
Hyperlinks.
(flexible
location of thereferred item)

Site Description Part
Descriptions(a) XX‐03 ◎ HP XX ｗｗｗ. (a1) Info .....
........ Brief introduction (3‐15 lines) .......
of individual
sites
XX‐03 Introduction in a tabular format(b)Standard form
(A4 1 page).............
www..
Application phase, Fields, Methods, .....
Description of XX‐03 .........
(Optional) Close Description: See (c) ‐‐‐>

Close description
(c)

XX‐03
www...
Full introduction
Several pages

[2E] Preparing Manuscripts of WTSP Catalogs in Each Country
Manuscripts to beprepared by WTSP Team(b) Table of sites (.xlsx)
Basic data for indexing(a) Descriptions of sites (.docx)

Convert into HTMLCountry WTSP Catalog(d) Index page (.html)(c) Site description page (.html)

Submit to the
WTSP Project Leader
World WTSP Catalogs

[2F] Structure of the World WTSP Catalogs (Users' View)
Beta Edition (Jun. 2020)
World WTSP Catalogs Top page

Various types of Indexes/Catalogs
Source Data Catalogs
Variouscountries
IndexXX......

Integrated World
Indexessurveys for
TRIZ Sites Around-TRIZ
Sites(A) World
TRIZ
IndexIndexIndexes
TN2a
TN3b

......

......

......

(B) World (AP) World
Around-TRIZ TRIZ
Indexes...... Catalogs

Descriptions of sites
Sites-XX

Sites-TN2a......

......

Integrated World
Catalogs for Print......

(BP) World
Around-TRIZ
Catalogs(Index)(Index)(Sites)(Sites)......

......

Sites-TN3b......

......

Download in PDF,
Print and Use on your PC

[２G] World WTSP Catalogs
Contents

Catalog name

Code name
Levelsof Contents Index type
Print type(A)

Top Catalog

◎

(A1)

(A1P)

Basic Catalog

◎ ○

(A2)

(A2P)

(A3)

(A3P)

TRIZ
sites

Extended Catalog(C)
AroundTRIZ sites□

Top Catalog

◎

(C1)

(C1P)

Basic Catalog

◎ ○

(C2)

(C2P)

(C3)

(C3P)

Extended Catalog□• Indextype

Descriptions of individual sites are kept in the original site description files
and are accessed interactively from (various) Indexes.

* Print
type

Print type Catalogs are PDF files which may be downloaded by the user
for using interactively in PC or for printing as a Catalog booklet where thedescription of individual sites are already included in the PDF file.

[3] Outputs: World WTSP Catalogs(Jul. 2022)[3A] Japan Part of World WTSP Catalogs(Jul. 2019, Toru Nakagawa)Japan TRIZ Sites

Japan Around‐TRIZ Sites◎ TRIZ Home Page in Japan (ToruNakagawa)○ Idea Marathon Institute (Takeo Higuchi)○ Japan TRIZ Society (NPO)□ Daiichi Kousha (Akihiro Katahira)○ IDEA Corp. (Mamoru Zenko)□ Netman (Ken-ichi Nagaya)○ MOST LLC (Kazuya Yamaguchi)□ JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency)○ Ideation Japan Ltd. (Teruyuki
Kamimura)□ NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology
Development Organization)○ TRIZ Study (Shinsuke Kurosawa)□ Japan Creativity Society○ Monodukuri.com (Osamu
Kumasaka)□ JUSE (Union of Japanese Scientists & Engineers)□ (Former) Japan TRIZ CB□ Cybernet System Co., Ltd.
□ Pro-Engineers (Shigeru Kasuya)□ Idea Plant (Rikie Ishii)□ MEMODAS (Kimihiko Hasegawa)△ 45 Other sites□ J-STAGE (JST)□ JSQC (Japanese Society for Quality Control)□ SJVE (Society of Japan Value Engineering)□ JIII (Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation)□ JAIST (Japan Advanced Institute of Science & Tech.)□ i.school, The University of Tokyo□ Keio SDM, Keio University Graduate School△

20 Other sites

[3B] Survey of TRIZ Sites in Individual Countries (Nov. 2021)

40 countries: Detected 725 sites, rated: △□ (or higher) TRIZ 146 sites, Around‐TRIZ 89 sites
12 countries: Detected 480 sites, not rated yet.
Including major countries: UK, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Taiwan, Australia
5 other countries, Already shown in the Catalogs: Japan, Malaysia, China, Russia, USA[3C] World TRIZ Sites Catalog◎ 23 Most Important Sites(Jun. 2020. Toru Nakagawa)

OTSM (Nikolai
Khomenko)

The official foundationof G.S. Altshuller

Methodologist
Institute of
Innovative Design

IdeationInternational, Inc.

Systematic
Innovation Inc.

Academy ofInstrumental
Modern TRIZ

GEN TRIZAULIVE &Innovation Logic(Michael Orloff)

TRIZ Master
Igor Vikentjev
Education for a
New EraTRIZ-Art school"TRIZ-CREATIVITY"(Roman Florescu )ICG Training &Consulting
National
Engineering
ResearchCenter forTechnologicalInnovation
Method andtool(China)TRIZ Power
Tools
TRIZ Journal

TRIZ Home
Page in Japan
Wikipedia

MATRIZ (TheInternational TRIZ
Association)
Altshuller
Institute for
TRIZ Studies
ETRIA(European TRIZ
Association)
TRIZ Summit /TDS
MyTRIZ(Malaysia TRIZ
Innovation
Association)

Note: Based on the manuscripts from only 4 countries (Japan, Malaysia, China, Russian region) and2 cases of Internet surveys (USA, World). Important sites from various countries are missing.

[3D] Building the WTSP Catalogs of Around-TRIZ Sites (2nd Pillar)
Aims: To cover the relevant areas widely
where TRIZ users want to/should refer.
People in such relevant areas will also use the WTSP
Catalogs and will get interested in and familiar with TRIZ.
We also hope integral use of methods of different origins.
'Around-TRIZ' is a temporary naming, standing for'Creative Problem Solving Methodologies in general',

We made 5 cases of Internet surveys with the keywords (simplified here).
Creative Think Method ; Problem Solve ; Innovation ;Quality/Value/Cost/Productivity Management ； Patent/IP
We detected about 1000 websites in total.
Visiting the sites one by one, we found their site name, site domain URL,
described brief introductions (about 5 - 15 lines), and evaluated (◎○□△ー）.

Basic Catalog of Around-TRIZ Sites (◎○) in the World was publicized. (2019)
We visited all these sites again and revised the description and evaluation of sites.
Basic Catalog (◎○) is revised andExtended Catalog (□) is newly built. (2022)

[3E] World Around-TRIZ Sites Catalog ◎ 33 Most Important sites(Beta Edition, Jun. 2020, Toru Nakagawa)( Specific methodologies around TRIZ )12Manage

ASQ (American

PMI (Project

Society of
Quality)

Management
Institute)

Project Smart

iSixSigma
ipHandbook

Value BasedManagement.net The official
foundation ofFree Management G.S. Altshuller
Library
IdeationInternational
CFI (Corporate
Finance Institute)

ICG Training& Consulting
GEN TRIZ

Stanfordd.school( General sites )ISO (International
Organization forStandardization)

HarvardBusiness Review ASME (TheedX

American Societyof MechanicalEngineers)

TED (Ideas
Worth Spreading)

ASA (American
ScientificAffiliation)

Springer
Science Direct

Systematic
Innovation Inc
AULIVE

TRIZ Journal
TRIZ Home Page
in Japan

Research Gate
AmazonWikipedia

TRIZ Power
Tools( TRIZ sites )National Engineering
Research Center
for TechnologicalInnovation Method
and tool (China)

YouTubeSlide Share
LinkedIn

Selected from about 1000 sites (5 cases of intensive Internet surveys) andAnnotated individually in free‐format of 5‐15 lines. (Better than World TRIZ Sites Catalogs.)

[3F] WTSP World TRIZ-related Sites Catalogs at Present (Jul. 6, 2022)
WTSP World Catalogs(Main) Role of site(A) TRIZ Sites (2020)◎ Most○Important Important(C) Around-TRIZ Sites (2022)□ World ◎ Most
Worthy○Important Important□ World
Worthy(a) Information sending sites

9

4

8
10

19
20

12

(b) Promotor organizations

5

4

3

8

6

(c) Public organizations

1

1

3

10

24

(d) Academia

0

0

2

20
17

33

(e) Developer organizations

5

8

5

36
37

84

-- (e5) Training organizations

2

7

0

9

19

(f) Publisshing organizations

0

6

45

17

13

(g) Information sharing

1

7

5

12

21

(h) User organizations

0

2

0

12

27

(i) Personal

0

0

0

0

5

23

39

33
30

142
143

244

(Total number of sites)[4] Concluding Remarks[4A] What we learned from the WTSP World Catalogs
 TRIZ has various approaches (classical, technical fields, simplified, extended (business,
IT/SW, bio fields), modernized, reconfigured, used/integrated with other techniques, etc.).
 There are a diversity of methodologies around TRIZ, each having its own active websites.
Among these methodologies including TRIZ. there seem no much communication,
collaboration, and integral use.
 Besides theoretical elaboration of each method, we face with various themes such as
application methods, real cases including global major problems, developing
organizations, applying in business, etc.
 Papers published at conferences and in journals are surely registered in repositories (atuniversity/national/international level). Exhaustive and difficult to select good papers.
 Various websites are working for developing methods/tools, information dissemination/
sharing, training, consulting, eLearning, book sales, etc. and giving rich information.
 WTSP Catalogs are unparalleled as catalogs of websites in a specific field in the world.
 WTSP Catalogs already contain a wealth of carefully selected information.
Experts, users, and beginners in TRIZ and related fields will take advantage of them.
 Inspite of many excellent websites in TRIZ field, we need to have a representative TRIZ
website where selected articles/papers coming from diverse approaches are published.

[4B] Examining the World WTSP Catalogs with the Basic Requirements
 Here we examine the current World WTSP Catalogs in comparison with the three
Basic Requirements for Catalogs, in order to think over the situations andproblems in the WTSP Project, running for these four and half years.
 Req. 1: Collection/evaluation/presentation of Websites: For these processes, wehave built the methods, criteria, guidelines, etc. at a reasonably high level. Except
the Project Leader's direct survey works, however, we have no Team activities ofCatalog building in any country, and hence the collection of TRIZ sites is quite
insufficient.
 Req. 2: Describing introduction of individual Websites: We have established the 4stages of site description. (0) (a) are for Necessity, while (b) for Usefulness and (c)for Attractiveness of WTSP Catalogs. (0) Basic data of site for indexing and (a)Brief introduction were recorded by the surveyors. (b) Descriptions in Standard
Form (Mandatory) and (d) Close Introduction in free format (Optional) arerequested to the Website owners. Unfortunately, only a few tens of (b) and lessthan 10 of (c) were written by the site owners. Thus we fill Req. 2 only at a level ofbasic necessity.
 Req. 3: Easy to find sites: We show the websites categorized with Evaluation andRoles of site. Search function is not installed yet. Key data for searching are
implemented mainly in Form (b). Defects in Req. 2 weaken the ground for Req. 3.

[4C] Problems and Future of the WTSP Project The insufficiencies found above are due to the lack of Team works in many
countries and the neglect by the site-owners in writing their site introductions.
 Since the start, the WTSP project had many supporters in various countries.
In Oct. 2018, we had 80 members (including signed to be) from 30 countries.
 Problem: "We have many members/supporters, but very few of them actually work."
 Policy: "Show our vision clearly, and provide good prototypes/examples/guidelines.
Divide the jobs into small ones, suitable to work in parallel & collaboratively.
Report results, recommend and encourage supporters/users constantly." Appeal 1: World Catalogs of TRIZ-related Sites are ready. They are useful!
 Appeal 2: Form a Team in your country, make a list of outstanding websites, andask the site owners to write introductions to their own sites.
 Appeal 3: To site-owners: please write introductions to your own site, andPlease work with your colleagues to build your country's WTSP Catalog.
 Appeal 4: Let's work Together! Connected!! Let's learn TRIZ and use it !!!.

Let's Create a New Website Representative in TRIZ
(and related fields)!
• There are many good TRIZ websites, but they are working
independently and competing to give confusing picture of TRIZ.
• Altshuller Foundation site stopped updating in 2008, and TRIZ Journal
stopped in 2020.

• Let's create a website where excellent papers/articles on
various TRIZ approaches come together to be publishedregularly.
• We form Editorial Board (about 10 members) and Editorial Advisory(of about 100 members) through international cooperation.
• Original papers (new, unpublished, original results) will be publishedin existing sites (of conferences, journals, etc.).
• Our site will publish Overviews, Reviews, Lectures, etc. (results of
newly established original work).

• We accept diverse approaches (e.g., Classical TRIZ, Engineering TRIZ,
Simplified TRIZ, Modernized TRIZ, Extended TRIZ (Business,
IT/Software, Bio, etc.), Reconfigured TRIZ, TRIZ combined with othermethods, etc.).
• We post various categories (e.g., Academic papers on methods,
Application/practice reports, Lectures on methods, Readings forstudents/children, News and announcements of activities, etc.)• Triggered with the recommendations by Editorial Board/Advisory
members, the Editorial Board invites authors to contributie, and publish
the papers/articles after the process of peer review (with different
evaluation criteria for each category). We publish monthly.
• For the stable operation, we need good Editorial/technical staff,
Managers, and Income sources.
• We should work hard to build consensus in the global TRIZ community.
WTSP will serve for the promotion of this Proposal.

Thank you for your attention.
Toru Nakagawa (Osaka Gakuin University, Professor Emeritus)
nakagawa@ogu.ac.jp
Editor of "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" (in Japanese and in English)
http://www.osaka-gu.ac.jp/php/nakagawa/TRIZ/eTRIZ/World TRIZ-related Sites Project (WTSP) Project Leader

Let's work Together ! Connected !!