ARIZ
Updated 2026-08-08
INTRODUCTION
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CORE DEFINITION
ARIZ, the algorithm for inventive problem solving, is the most powerful analytical instrument in the TRIZ toolkit. It lays out a long ordered sequence of steps, commonly nine major stages, that reformulates a non-standard problem into a standard inventive problem the existing TRIZ tools can address. Its core move is to drive the underlying physical contradiction to an extreme, so the conflict becomes sharp enough that the resolution becomes visible. ARIZ is reserved for problems the forty inventive principles and the contradiction matrix have failed to crack.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
- Escalate last: reach for ARIZ only after the forty principles and the matrix have failed. - Name the contradiction: state the physical conflict that must be resolved in one object. - State the ideal result: describe the outcome you want before searching for a mechanism.
Anchor fast decisions
A non-standard problem resists the standard tools because its conflict cannot be matched to the contradiction matrix. ARIZ responds by decomposing the situation step by step until the underlying physical contradiction is isolated: one element must be both hot and cold at the same time. Pushing that demand to its extreme strips away incidental constraints and leaves only the essential conflict. Because the search is aimed at satisfying both sides of a single sharp requirement, the solution space narrows and candidate answers surface directly.
MINIMUM ACTION
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