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Let me start out by saying this is a fantastic forum and wish I had run across it years ago.
My apologies if this has already been debated, as I haven't been to all the nooks and crannies of the Elsmar Cove...yet.
I have had the opportunity in my manufacturing career to use several different problem solving techniques (6Sigma, Red-X, 8D, VA/VE, PDCA, RCA, C&E, etc.) and recently I began to wonder if there really is a difference between them. Of course, everyone has their favorite few and some work better and seem more natural in certain situations, but doesn't every problem present its solution if structured attention is paid to it? So, has Problem Solving truely evloved over the years or are we all using a slightly different twist of the Scientific Method?
On the similar topic of evolution...I have just begun learning TRIZ. As an engineer I find the idea of Logical Creativity to be very intriguing. It is a fantastic tool that I can see myself using regularly for the rest of my life. However, the idea of 40 Principles and 39 Contradictions seems a little incomplete/ugly to me. Haven't we been taught that science is elegant when the true solution presents itself? Will we see a more graceful version of TRIZ in the future?
My apologies if this has already been debated, as I haven't been to all the nooks and crannies of the Elsmar Cove...yet.
I have had the opportunity in my manufacturing career to use several different problem solving techniques (6Sigma, Red-X, 8D, VA/VE, PDCA, RCA, C&E, etc.) and recently I began to wonder if there really is a difference between them. Of course, everyone has their favorite few and some work better and seem more natural in certain situations, but doesn't every problem present its solution if structured attention is paid to it? So, has Problem Solving truely evloved over the years or are we all using a slightly different twist of the Scientific Method?
On the similar topic of evolution...I have just begun learning TRIZ. As an engineer I find the idea of Logical Creativity to be very intriguing. It is a fantastic tool that I can see myself using regularly for the rest of my life. However, the idea of 40 Principles and 39 Contradictions seems a little incomplete/ugly to me. Haven't we been taught that science is elegant when the true solution presents itself? Will we see a more graceful version of TRIZ in the future?
