Contradictions

Our attempts to get closer to the Ideal Final Result (IFR) bump against contradictions: psychological contradictions (“we cannot do it the way we usually did and we cannot do it any other way because we do not know how”); contradictions of interaction (“two objects interact as A while should interact as not-A”); contradiction of characteristics (“the element should have characteristic A and not-A”).

Whatever the contradiction, basic principles to resolve the contradiction might be used:

IN SPACE

  • Segmentation, separation
  • Consolidation, enlargement
  • Introduce gaps

 

IN TIME

  • In advance
  • Impulse, speed up, skip
  • Fill or eliminate pauses

 

IN SINCHRONISATION

  • Periodical action
  • (A)synchronisation
  • Useful borders

 

IN CHARACHTERISTICS

  • Local quality
  • Dynamic characteristics
  • Addition/intemediary

 

 IN SYSTEM LEVELS

  • Development of links
  • Drift to higher level system
  • New mode of functioning

 

IN ANTI-ACTION

  • Inverse action
  • Use harm/waste
  • Consolidation with the opposite

 

IN FUNCTIONALITY

  • Specialisation
  • Universality, multi-function
  • Self-service/DIY

 

IN CONDITIONS/RELATIONS

  • Operating environment
  • Working conditions
  • Image / relations

 

Some examples are below (feel free to try to find the correlations):

contradictions-TRIZ-examples