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39 TRIZ Features – long overdue

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Malcolm Mac Donald

TRIZ is an engineering concept created a long time ago in Russia.  It proposes that there are 39 main features to any system, and that these can sometimes be conflicting, like for example speed and reliability in a Formula 1 … Continue reading →

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Show me your Enterprise Architecture…

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Malcolm Mac Donald

The Enterprise Architect or Chief Architect role is often a very murky space to play, because people ask to see this “Enterprise Architecture”, and that unfortunately means different things to different people.  If you asked me for the “Enterprise Architecture” … Continue reading →

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TRIZ, but those Russians are clever!

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Malcolm Mac Donald

A while back I came across a concept called TRIZ.  Concepts and techniques that are used in non-English speaking countries sometimes do not get translated quickly into use in our insular English worldview. Triz is a Russian Engineering tool that … Continue reading →

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