Oleg M. GERASSIMOV. Technology of Selecting tools of Innovation Design based on TRIZ and VEA Analysis

          

 

  

Individual tools for placing and solving inventive problems are currently developed sufficiently deeply. Many works are devoted to the development of a system of standards, algorithms for applying these standards are being developed. It is possible to note the works of V.M.Petrov, M.S.Rubin, D.S.Smirnov and other researchers. Numerous attempts were made to reframe the Altshuller matrix, which only contributed to making its use more complicated. The techniques for solving physical contradictions were studied in greater detail and optimized to the status of algorithms. S.S.Litvin and A.L.Liubomisky have made sufficient progress in this direction. Many works are devoted to Trends of Engineering Systems Evolution. It is necessary to note the works of Yu.P.Salamatov, V.M.Petrov, S.S.Litvin, B.L. Zlotin, G.I.Ivanov, A.N.Zakharov, etc. Therefore, it would be right to note that the solving tools are rather deeply developed and the majority of them have been developed into easy-to-use algorithms.

The works, which are directed at problem placement are much less numerous. These are mainly the works, which are devoted to VEA. Many of them, for example, the works of A.I.Polovinkin, N.K.Moisseeva, M.G.Karpunin and a number of others are of general nature and it is very difficult to use them practically. In the published works of S.S. The published works of S.S.Litvin, V.M.Gerassimov, B.L.Zlotin quote the foundations of performing component-and-structural, functional and value engineering analysis. The works appeared recently, which are characterized by a sufficiently deep development of problem-stating tools, thus, the works of S.S.Litvin, A.L.Liubomirsky, A.G.Kashkarov, B.M.Akselrod, A.V.Kudriavtsev, A.V.Kislov, V.M.Petrov, L.G.Goriainov, A.M.Pinyaev and a number of other authors are given in the form of methodological recommendations and articles.

New methods of problem statement and problem solving are being developed for the sake of intensifying the work. Thus, the work of A.V.Podkatilin, G.I.Ivanov and A.G.Kashkarov are presented in the form of general algorithms. However, it is rather difficult to use these algorithms without the assistance of the authors is rather difficult, since there are no particular recommendations and algorithms for interconnection of problem statement tools and problem-solving tools. At the same time there are no common patterns and Road Maps, intended for performing these or those projects, which leads to significant losses of time in innovation design.

In order to choose the innovation design tools, it is possible to use the classifications of innovations, which are already accepted in the literature on innovation activities. There is a number of publications, in which different classifications of innovations and of innovation policy of enterprises are offered. Thus, the classification of innovations according to P. N.Zavlin and A.V.Vassiliev is intended mainly for solving management and organization problems, while the classification of innovations according to V.Gorshkov and E.A.Kretova implies a qualitative or quantitative change in the choice and use of substances, raw material, equipment and other resources. Classification of innovations according to E.A.Utkin, G.I.Morozova, N.I.Morozova is oriented at opening new spheres of product application, as well as the realization of services at the new markets. Classification of innovations according to A.I.Prigozhin is the one, which is closest to our activity.

Since the innovation activity, associated with modernization and development of engineering systems (ES) and technologies involves quite a number of people, additional requirements are made to methodological tools - simplicity, ability to convince, visual efficiency, ability to be used in project works, performed by a team of specialists of different profile, as well as the necessity to take into account the developments in the field of innovation activity. 

Analysis of more than 20-year activity of Innovation Consulting Center "Algorithm" in the field of innovation design enable to identify and to generalize the order of performing the main types of projects, which would solve problems, which occurred at the industrial enterprises:

  
 

Thus, the importance and relevance of developing efficient methodologies for performing the indicated projects at the lowest possible cost accompanied by the reduction of terms is preconditioned by the demands of the market as well as the imperfection of a number of methodological tools intended for practical activity and maximum use of already available methodological resources.    

The dissertation work was executed in the traditions of Saint-Petersburg TRIZ school. These traditions imply, first of all, practical implications of the research, extensive use of functional approach and methodological recommendations, which are algorithmized in greater detail. 

Goal of the work:

·         Develop practical recommendations, directed at the reduction of time and at the enhancement of efficiency of innovation projects performance

·         Prepare algorithms, implementing practical recommendations concerning selection of innovation design tools for the sake of further creation of appropriate software products.

The following tasks of the work were formulated, in order to achieve the indicated goal:

·         Develop the methodology for selecting the direction for improving the manufactured products and technologies

·         Develop detailed Road Maps and methodological recommendations for performing the projects aimed at enhancing the products Value

·         Develop detailed Road Maps and methodological recommendations for performing the projects aimed at enhancing the technological processes

·         Develop detailed Road Maps and methodological recommendations for performing the projects aimed at products development forecasting

·         Develop detailed Road Maps and methodological recommendations for performing the projects aimed at creating products, which don't fall under the action of the competitors' patents

·         Develop detailed Road Maps and methodological recommendations for performing the projects aimed at verification of developed products

·         Develop detailed Road Maps and methodological recommendations for performing the projects aimed at identifying the directions for improving the products according to Main Parameter Values (MPV).

·         The algorithm has been developed, enabling to achieve the required type of the project depending upon the innovation strategy of the Customer.  

·         Detailed Road Maps have been developed as well as methodological recommendations with detailed algorithms, involving step-by-step performance of the projects aimed at enhancement of the products Value.

·         Detailed Road Maps have been developed as well as methodological recommendations with detailed algorithms, involving step-by-step performance of the projects aimed at product development forecasting.

·         Detailed Road Maps have been developed as well as methodological recommendations with detailed algorithms, involving step-by-step performance of the projects aimed at improvement of technological processes.

·         Detailed Road Maps have been developed as well as methodological recommendations with detailed algorithms, involving step-by-step performance of the projects aimed at development of products, which don't fall under the action of competitors' patents.

·         Detailed Road Maps have been developed as well as methodological recommendations with detailed algorithms, involving step-by-step performance of the projects aimed at verification of developed products.

·         Methodology has been developed for trimming the technological steps according to the rule of trimming structures.

·         Methodology for "annulling" the competitors patents involving the use of new notion of contradictions of properties and contradictions of requirements. It is also suggested to use distinctive features of the invention claims as target disadvantages of the analyzed patent.

Practical value of the research consists in the following:

·         Developed methodological recommendations are oriented, first of all, at the practical use in performing consulting projects not only by the professional users of innovation methodology, but also by the beginning researchers.

·         Methodological recommendations, relating to each type of projects could be used as an independent document.

·         Developed methodological recommendations enable to significantly reduce the time of project performance combined with enhancement of quality of obtained results.

·         Depending upon the goals, requirements and constraints of the project, each Road Map could be simplified due to reduction of individual procedures.

·         Detailed algorithms for performing different types of the projects could offer the basis for creating software programs.

·         The experience of author's using the proposed methodologies in Center for Innovation and Technological Consulting "Algorithm" in performing innovation projects showed their efficiency.

·         For the first time a detailed methodology for selection and use of tools for innovation design, including the algorithm of attaining the required type of project, depending upon the innovation strategy of the Customer.

·         Road Map has been developed for the type of innovation projects, which are most frequently demanded for at the market

·        Methodological recommendations and detailed algorithms for performing the following types of projects have been developed:

·         Projects, aimed at enhancing the Value of the products

·         Projects, aimed at improvement of technological processes

·         Projects, aimed at development of the products, which don't fall under the action of competitors' patents

·         Projects, aimed at verification of developed projects

·         Projects, aimed at forecasting the evolution of manufactured products

·         Projects, aimed at identifying the directions for improving the products according to Main Parameter Values (MPV).

Open materials on problem statement and problem solving were used in development of the methodological recommendations and algorithms. Part of materials (Methodological recommendations for performing projects aimed at improvement of products Value and Methodological recommendations for performing products aimed at enhancement of Main Parameter Values (MPV) of the products) is the evolution and improvement of existing developments of Center for Innovation and Technological Consulting "Algorithm". All other developments, described in the present dissertation work, including the placement of the research task, development of recommendations, testing them under practical conditions, evaluating the results of testing and identifying the constraints in their use, are the personal contribution of the applicant.

The main results of the dissertation work were reported at the following conferences:

·         Scientific conference "Innovation Technology of Design Today & Tomorrow, Saint-Petersburg, 1999

·         Scientific conference "Methodological Foundations and Practical Recommendations on Solving Vital Problems of Applying TRIZplus in performing consulting projects", Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 2004

·         International conference under MA TRIZ- Fest 2005 "TRIZ Evolution: achievements, problems and perspectives", Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 2005

·         International conference "Theory and Practice of Inventive Problem Solving", International Festival MA TRIZ- Fest 2007, Moscow, 2007

·         Regional scientific conference "THREE GENERATIONS OF TRIZ", SPb, 2007

·         Regional scientific conference "THREE GENERATIONS OF TRIZ", SPb, 2008

·         International conference "Development of Tools for Inventive Problem-Solving", International Festival MA TRIZ-Fest-2008, SPb, 2008

·         International scientific conference "TRIZ-FEST-2009", SPb, 2009

·         Regional scientific conference " THREE GENERATIONS OF TRIZ", SPb, 2009.

Main parts of the reviewed work are quoted in 18 publications, out of which 9 publications are proceedings of scientific conferences on TRIZ and modifications of methodologies based on TRIZ and VEA. The list of publications is quoted in the present dissertation abstract.

The dissertation work consists of introduction, ten sections and conclusions, quoted at 219 pages of the main text; includes 23 figures, 50 tables, list of reference literature consisting of 98 titles and 9 appendices.  

Introduction includes problem statement, substantiation of significance of the dissertation work theme, formulation of goal and task of the research, rendering of main provisions, presented for defense, scientific novelty and practical value of obtained results.

Chapter one of the work includes a review of reference literature, analysis of types of projects, performed in CITC "Algorithm", selection of most demanded projects out of them and substantiation of statement of goals and tasks of the research.

Chapter twoof the work is devoted to the methodology for selecting a certain algorithm for improvement of products depending upon the innovation strategy of company evolution and the level of products development.

Currently a number of methodologies has been developed for performing the analysis of S-curve evolution of the products, inverse VEA, Functional-and-morphological analysis, function-ideal synthesis, Analysis of MPV parameters. These methodologies are implemented in the form of individual recommendations. The goal of the present work is the integration of individual recommendations into one methodology, enabling to develop the directions for improvement of manufactured products.

·         Source information on the enterprise of the Customer

·         Source information on the products of the Customer

·         Select the enterprise of the Customer

·         Identify the innovation strategy of the enterprise

·          If there is no strategy, then:

·         Identify the manufactured products

·         Perform the analysis of these products MPV

·         Develop the recommendations on products development

·         Select the innovation strategy of the enterprise based on developed recommendations

·         Select the Customer's products for analysis.

·         Identify MÐV of selected products

·         Identify the products S-curve stage of evolution according to selected MÐV

·         Based on level of products development and of innovation strategy (Table 1), select the corresponding algorithms (Road Map) for improving the products.

 

Table1. Selection of corresponding Road Map according to the level of product development and innovation strategy of the enterprise

 

 

 

·        Based on selected algorithms (Road Map), to develop recommendations on improving the products and using them in new fields. 

·         List of directions for improving products.

Chapter three of the work is devoted to methodology for identifying the directions for applying old products in the new fields.

This methodology is the generalization of accumulated experience for projects performance involving the use of VEA methodology, which was many times verified in practice and which enables to improve the design of the manufacturing technology practically of any existing object. As well as the methodology of inverse VEA, which enables to find new fields of application for the existing (or upgraded) product, in which the Main function is not a starting point, but a goal of analysis.

The goal of this methodology is to develop the directions for improvement of manufactured products as well as products for new markets.

·         Source information on products of the Customer

·         Information on the problems, occurring in the course of products distribution

·          Select the products of the customer for analysis

·          Identify MÐV of selected products

·          Identify the level of products S-curve evolution according to selected MÐV

·          Develop recommendations concerning the directions of products improvement

·         Develop recommendations concerning the application of products in new fields

·          Select a product for analysis

·          Construct a component model of the product

·          Construct a structural model of the product

·          Construct a functional model of the product

·          Select one of the components of the product, providing for main MÐV 

·          Formulate all features of this component and compare them one with another

·          Select the most significant feature.

·          Transform the selected feature into a row of generalized functions and compare them one with another

·          Select the most significant generalized function

·          Perform the function-oriented search based on the selected generalized function and to identify the leading area, in which such functions and features are the most important

·          Identify the actual object and its function in the selected field, which are similar to generalized object and the action of generalized function

·          Transfer the action of selected generalized function to the found object

·          State the problem concerning the performance of this new Main Function by the found object, using the formulation of selected generalized function.  

·          “How to arrange for the found object to perform the new Main Function?”

·          Solve the adaptation problem

·          In case of necessity, repeat the algorithm for another function.

·         List of directions for products improvement

·         List of new products

Chapterfour of the work is devoted to the methodology of performing the typical consultation project aimed at intensifying the Value of products.

This methodology is generalization of accumulated experience of performing projects aimed at increase of Value of engineering systems, augmentation and further evolution of these systems.

The methodology is intended for intensifying the process and reducing the time of projects performance. It is attained due to elimination of unnecessary steps and verbalization of sequence of performing each analytical procedure. The goal of this methodology is the development of substantiated concepts of increasing the Value of manufactured products.  

·         Source information on the Customer's Products

·         Information on problems, which occur in the course of products manufacturing

·         Select the Customer's products for analysis

·         Identify MPV (Main Parameters of Value)

·         Perform Benchmarking

·         Select a product for further analysis

·         Identify MFPV (Main Function Parameters of Value)

·         Perform Component-and-Structural Analysis

·         Perform Functional Analysis

·         Perform Flow Analysis

·         Perform Analysis of ES according to TESE

·         Perform Cause/Effect Analysis

·         Perform Diagnostic Analysis

·         Perform Resource Analysis

·         Perform Trimming

·         Perform Function-oriented Search

·         Perform Feature Transfer

·         Compile a list of Key Problems

·         Solve Key Problems

·         Develop and substantiate concepts

·         Substantiated concepts.

Chapter five of the work is devoted to the methodology of performing the projects aimed at improvement of technological processes.

The methodology of work on improvement of technological processes implies the step-by-step performance of basic analytical procedures. Trimming is performed after functional modeling and creating a diagnostic table, in this case the presence of key disadvantages with trimmed components (technological steps) is not taken into account. Besides, the performance of technological projects, involving a large number of steps, required significant amount of time. In this case trimming is performed according to the rules of trimming technological processes. It is known that each kind of technological steps implies the use of its own conditions of trimming, therefore the performance of trimming is also sufficiently labor intensive. Besides, it is not always possible to trim the entire technological step in a technological process, since it could lead to the change of operational principle of the technological line or to substitution of source products, which, as a rule stays beyond the scope of the project.

The goal of the present methodology is the development of substantiated concepts for improvement of technological steps without eliminating them. 

·         Source information of Customer's technology

·         Information on problems, which occur in the course of products manufacturing

·         Formulate the source situation and identify the technological problems

·         Identify key disadvantages and to distribute them according to technological steps

·          Construct component-and-structural model of the technological process according to upper hierarchical level.

·          Construct functional model of the technological process.

·          Perform Cause/Effect analysis and identify key disadvantages.

·          Distribute key disadvantages among the steps of the technological process (functional technological units, i.e., where these disadvantages appear).

·          Construct a diagnostic table, taking key disadvantages into account and to identify the order of trimming the technological steps.

·         Perform trimming of components, generating key disadvantages

·          Identify the components of engineering system (included into a technological step), which generate (or are responsible for) key disadvantages, using the results of Functional analysis and Cause/Effect analysis.

·          Identify the functions of components, generating key disadvantages

·          Identify the order of trimming these components inside each functional technological unit (technological step)

·          Perform the trimming of these components according top the rules of trimming structural components

·          State and solve problems for trimming

·         Substantiated concepts.

Chapter six of the work is devoted to the methodology of performing verification projects.

Verification projects imply substantiation of developed concepts in several ways: calculation, mocking-up, manufacturing and testing of experimental prototypes. The level of substantiation of developed concept ideas is determined by the work specification. Proposed methodology enables to perform step-by-step verification substantiation in greater detail, up to manufacturing and testing, semi-industrial design specimens (technologies).

For the sake of enhancing the quality of substantiating concepts, in which it is proposed to use already existing equipment, it is reasonable to use Benchmarking.

The identification of the best design (technology) is performed according to the engineering characteristics of designs and technologies. It is reasonable to use Benchmarking in a verification project for the sake of concept substantiation. In this case different kinds of identified equipment should be compared at one and the same reduced conditions, for example, at one and the same speed, productivity, etc., while in case the goal is a substantiation of higher quality, it is necessary to use a simplified algorithm for calculating the cost of the product, which should be manufactured using the selected equipment.

·         Source information on the Customer's products

·         Developed concepts

·         Analysis of the concept, presented for verification

·         Identifying a possibility to use standardized equipment.

·         Identifying the necessity to develop a new design (technology)

·         Developing mock-up specimens

·         Developing functioning specimens

·         Developing semi-industrial specimens

·         Delivery of the work to the Customer

·         Mock-ups, models and semi-industrial specimens, implementing the ideas of the developed concepts.

 

 

Chapter seven of the work is devoted to the methodology of creating products, which don't fall under the action of competitors' patents.

The methodology of projects performance, which is currently used, enables to efficiently analyze and improve technological processes and designs. As a rule, the result is a new or a significantly improved technology or design, which could be substantially different from the source one. In performing the projects, the goal of which is the annulling of "hindering" valid patents of the competitors, according to which certain products are manufactured, standard methodology does not always fully enable to solve stated problems. Used methodologies for creating patent umbrellas, patent strategies for developing products, are fairly general. They include recommendations to use standard procedures, for example: Function-oriented search, Analysis according to TESE. However, there are no definite connections between separate procedures. Therefore, development of methodology for performing such projects with a definite transition from one analytical procedure to another is rather significant.

·         Source information on the patents of the competitors.

·         Formulate the source situation

·         Specify the project goals

·         Perform the analysis of the formula of analyzed patent.

·         Perform the analysis of the possibility of Substituting at least one distinctive feature with the obtainment of new quality, if the proposed solution does not fall under the principles of equivalence - Direction No.1

·          Perform the analysis of the patent data at the engineering level

·          Perform the analysis of the patent data at the patent level

·          Formulate the contradictions of the features and resolve them

·          Develop concepts.

·         Perform the analysis of a possibilityto Use design solutions of the patents, the validity period of which is already expired - Direction No.2.

·          Formulate the search image in keeping with the Main Function of the patent and distinctive features. 

·          Identify the classes of patents, which are close in their physical entity to th analyzed patent.

·          Perform Benchmarking of the patents with expired validity period. It is recommended to use distinctive features of the analyzed patent as criteria for comparison.

·          Perform the comparison of engineering essence and significant features of analyzed patent with the found ones.

·          Verify the possibility of direct use of design solutions of identified patents.

·          Perform Feature Transfer

·          State and solve problems for adapting the solutions, found in the patents to the given design (technology)

·          Formulate new distinctive features

·         Perform the analysis of a possibility of Changing the operation principle with the obtainment of new quality - Direction No.3

·          Formulate source situation

·          Identify the Main Function of the patent

·          Perform Benchmarking

·          Perform Component-structural Analysis

·          Perform Functional Analysis

·          Perform Flow Analysis

·          Perform Cause/Effect Analysis

·          Perform Diagnostic Analysis

·          Perform Trimming

·          State and solve problems

·          Develop concepts

·          Perform concept ranking and develop integrated concepts

·         Perform the analysis of a possibility of Annulling (challenging the validity) of the valid patent - Direction No.4

·          Identify the classes of patents, which are close to analyzed patent in terms of their physical essence

·          Identify the country, in which patenting took place (if the patent was issued in another country and the products according to this patent will be manufactured and sold only in this country, the patent is "circumvented")

·          Perform Benchmarking of valid patents and patents with expired validity period. It is recommended to use distinctive features of the analyzed patent as search criteria.

·          Perform comparison of distinctive features of analyzed patent with the identified ones, taking the principle of equivalence into account:

·         The essence of the invention does not change

·         The same engineering result is attained

·         The substituting solution is known in this field of engineering and could perform the MF yielding the same results.

·          Compile the documents on the possibility of challenging the validity of the patent and annulling the valid patent

·         Draw up the report

·          Formulate new engineering solutions

·          Prepare applications for planned inventions

·          Draw up the report for the Customer

·         New engineering solutions 

·         Applications for planned inventions

 

Chapter eight of the work is devoted to the methodology of performing projects, the goal of which is to identify the ditrections for improving products according to Main Parameters of Value (MPV).

As of today, there are many methodologies, which are aimed at identification of MPV parameters, directions for their evolution, transition from Strategic parameters to Functional ones. However, these methodologies are implemented in the form of strategic recommendations with general profound study of individual parts or are of descriptive character, which causes inconvenience of using them. The goal of this methodology is the creation of algorithm, uniting all developed provisions into a single logical chain, evaluate the level of market attractiveness of manufactured or developed products, select the products, which are of highest potentiality for innovations, show the directions for improving them and enhancing their market attractiveness. 

·         Source information on the products of the Customer

·         Information concerning the problems, occurring during the distribution of the products

·         Identify Strategic parameters (MSÐV) of the product

·         Identify the Significance of Strategic Parameters (MSÐV) of the object of analysis

·         Identify functional parameters (MFPV) of the product 

·         Identify the Significance of functional parameters (MFPV) for each strategic parameter (MÐV) of the object of analysis

·         Calculate the weight coefficient of each functional parameter (MFPV)

·         Calculate the effectiveness of performing the function by the analyzed product according to each of the functional parameters

·         Calculate the integral estimate of functionality Ðj (Performance) of each product (i.e., performance level according to all its parameters, taking their importance into account)

·         Offer relative estimates of each product functionality

·         Identify relative price and (or) cost of the products

·         Calculate absolute V (Value) and relative < V > (Value), i.e., the value of the product at the market according to each parameter of MSPV

·         Calculate maximum GPP – gross profit potential

·         Create the curves of dependence GPPj - <Vj> for all products

·         Develop the directions for improving the market attractiveness of manufactured products

·         List of directions for enhancing the market attractiveness of the products

Chapter nine of the work is devoted to the methodology of performing a forecasting project. 

This methodology is a generalization of accumulated experienñe of performing forecasting projects aimed at improvement of ES (manufactured products), their augmentation and further evolution.

The methodology is intended for intensifying the process and reduction of time for projects performance. This is attained due to liquidation of unnecessary steps and verbalization of sequence for performing each analytical procedure.

The main procedures of the methodology are described in greater detail in the chapter "Methodology for performing a typical consulting project aimed at enhancement of products Value". This methodology could be used as a forecasting methodology, if TESE are applied in a broad sense. This variant of the methodology includes the recommendations of a forecast of systems evolution, involving the Trend of S-curve ES evolution.

 

 

 

·         Source information for performing the procedure is an approved Work specification. 

·         Select the Customer's products for analysis

·         Perform preliminary analysis of the product

·         Identify MPV (Main Parameters of Value)

·         Perform analysis of ES S-curve evolution according to selected MPV. Identify the stage of ES evolution.

·         Develop the directions of evolution for ES, staying at stage 1 of the evolution 

·         Develop the directions of evolution for ES, staying at stage 2 of the evolution 

·         Develop the directions of evolution for ES, staying at stage 3 of the evolution 

·         Develop the directions of evolution for ES, staying at stage 4 of the evolution 

·         Substantiated concepts.

Chapter ten of the work is devoted to main methods of problem-solving.

Solving problems, occurring in the course of performing consulting projects implies the use of different solving tools. The majority of them are algorithmized. The goal of the present work is the integration of different solving tools into one logical chain.

·         Problems, which occurred in concept formulation.

·         Write the condition of the key problem

·         Solve problems using the techniques of resolving engineering contradictions. If the key problem does not yield a solution, pass over to the next step.

·         Solve problems using the techniques of resolving physical contradictions. If the key problem does not yield a solution, pass over to the next step.

·         Solve problems with the aid of Physical analogs. If the key problem does not yield a solution, pass over to the next step.

·         Solve problems with the aid of standards of inventive problem solving. If the key problem does not yield a solution, pass over to the next step.

·         Solve problems with the aid of algorithm for inventive problem solving (ARIZ). If the key problem does not yield a solution, pass over to the first step.

·         List of innovative solutions.

1.    M.N.Bakhrakh, O.M.Gerassimov, Solving Secondary Problems in Performing Verification Projects, Collection of papers "Theory and Practice of Inventive Problem-Solving", M., 2007, P.p.236-239.

2.    O.M.Gerassimov, Application of methodology for trimming the components of structures in improving the technological processes, Collection of papers "Theory and Practice of Inventive Problem Solving", M., 2007, P.p.83-84.

3.    I.I.Petiy, O.M.Gerassimov. Technology of performing innovation projects according to G3-ID methodology, Collection of papers "Theory and Practice of Inventive Problem Solving", M., 2007, Ñ.250-252.

4.    O.M.Gerassimov, "Analysis of ES Evolution using the Trends of Increasing Completeness of System Parts and Increase of energy conductivity", Collection of papers, Regional scientific conference "THREE GENERATIONS OF TRIZ", SPb, 2007.

5.    O.M.Gerassimov, "Peculiarities of Performing Projects Aimed at the "Circumvention" of the Competotors' patents", Collection of papers, Regional scientific conference "THREE GENERATIONS OF TRIZ", SPb, 2008.

6.    O.M.Gerassimov, Algorithm for improving technological processes using the rules for design trimming, Collection of papers, Regional scientific conference "THREE GENERATIONS OF TRIZ", SPb, 2009.

7.    A.V.Matiushenko, O.M.Gerassimov, V.V.Pavlov, Use of ARIZ as a forecasting tool, Abstract of the report, TRIZfest-2008, M., 2008.

8.    M.S.Rubin, O.M. Gerassimov, On Methods of Analysing Problem Situations and Selecting Problems. Collection of papers, Scientific conference "TRIZ Analysis. Methods of Studying Problem Situations and Identifying Innovation Problems", M., 2007, P.p.88-93.

9.    O.M.Gerassimov, A.V.Matiushenko, V.V.Pavlov, "Methodology of Patents Circumvention", Proceedings of the conference "ÌA TRIZ Fest-2005", SPb, 2005, P.p.124-125.

10.O.M.Gerassimov, I.Yu.Ilyin, Foundations of Methodology for Performing Projects, Aimed at Circumvention of the Valid Patents, Collection of papers, Scientific conference, SPb, 2004.

11.O.M.Gerassimov, "Methodology of trimming performance based on the
results of the fulfilled Cause-Effect-Chains Analysis", Collection of papers, Scientific conference, SPb, 2004..

12.O.M.Gerassimov. Analysis of ES using the Trends of Completeness of System Parts and Energy Conductivity. Collection of papers, "Innovation Technology of Design Today and Tomorrow", SPb, 1999.

13. O.M.Gerassimov, A.V.Matiushenko, V.V.Pavlov, "Methodology of Circumventing Patents", Web-site METODOLOG, http://metodolog.ru/00458/00458.html#S2, 2005.

14. M.N.Bakhrakh, O.M.Gerassimov. Peculiarities of Using Benchmarking in Performing Verification Projects, M., Metodolog, 2010, 17 p.p.

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17.O.M.Gerassimov."Methodology of Performing Typical Projects, Aimed at Annulling the "Hindering" Patents of the Competitors", SPb, Web-site of Innovation-and Technological Consulting Center "Algorithm", http://www.gen3.ru/3605/5598/

18.  I.I.Petiy, O.M.Gerassimov, Technology for Performing Innovation Projects according to the methodology G3-ID, SPb, Web-site of Innovation-and Technological Consulting Center "Algorithm", http://www.gen3.ru/3605/3974/