“SIT has made a remarkable improvement in the original TRIZ process – by overall simplification, by introducing new and more effective heuristics and by organizing the process. SIT made a unique impact when it reduced the forty-plus problem solving tricks of TRIZ to four techniques. This was the first indication that codified problem solving may not have to be an open-ended process. SIT makes problem analysis time efficient, gives the analyst provocative perspectives, and provides effective solution techniques. Its simplicity and logical flow enable a technologist to memorize the entire process and use it effectively without any supplemental aids such as data bases.“