Focusing on six steps for effective innovation, this volume presents guidelines for a new world class approach to developing technologies.

By using this unique method, you will be able to: create innovations that you would not otherwise create, develop innovations in shorter times, make innovations with high inherent reliability and smoothly transfer innovations into product commercialization.

Based on Don Clausing's experience in technology and product development and on Victor Fey's experience in the development and application of TRIZ methodology, this book combines the best innovation practices of the U.S., Japan, an Western Europe, with TRIZ, which was developed in the former USSR.

From technology strategy to concept creation and selection, the authors cover each innovation activity, taking you step-by-step through the effective methods.

They provide a clear focus on robustness development and technology transfer which leads to the commercialization activity.

Diagrams and case studies throughout the text clearly illustrate the concepts Effective Innovation: The Development of Winning Technologies is a comprehensive and invaluable resource.