Innovation

Process Innovation: P-TRIZ and the Theories of Clay Christensen In Part 8 of his series on P-TRIZ, Howard Smith discusses Clayton Christensen’s theories of disruptive innovations and compares the Christensen solutions with a TRIZ approach to the same scenarios.

Process Innovation: P-TRIZ 7 The Trouble with People This month Howard Smith continues his introduction of P-TRIZ by exploring some of the human relations factors that can, and frequently do, interfere with problem-solving and suggests one way to align competing stakeholders in the process.

Process Innovation: P-TRIZ 6 Beyond SWOT And Toward Change Howard Smith continues his introduction of P-TRIZ with a discussion of SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) and shows how P-TRIZ allows managers to go beyond simplistic SWOT analysis to develop an actionable implementation strategy.

Process Innovation: SWOT

Process Innovation: P-TRIZ 5 Thinking Visually in TRIZ and Six Sigma This is installment five in Howard Smith’s exciting introduction to P-TRIZ. In this Column he considers why TRIZ should be considered in a broader context than Six Sigma and demonstrates by applying TRIZ to the Barriers & Aids chart.

Process Innovation: P-TRIZ 4 5 Ways on Steriods This is installment four in Howard Smith’s introduction to P-TRIZ. This refreshing new approach to process and innovation is forcing lots of readers to rethink what they do when doing process analysis.

Process Innovation: P-TRIZ 3 P-TRIZ in the History of Business Howard Smith continues his discussion of Process TRIZ, a new and very interesting approach to thinking about analyzing and redesigning business processes.

Process Innovation: P-TRIZ 2 Basic Concepts In this column, Howard Smith continues his introduction to Process TRIZ, a new approach to analyze process problems and generating creative improvements. This month he looks at some basic concepts.

Process Innovation: P-TRIZ 1 An Introduction to P-TRIZ Howard Smith begins a new Column this year. Although he will range across a variety of topics relevant to BPM practitioners, he will focus on the role of innovation in process improvement. He begins by introducing a new variation of TRIZ, P-TRIZ.