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The
present survey has one major objective : draw a picture of actual
worldwide usage and perceptions of TRIZ in order to visualize as
dynamically as possible the direction of its progress. For this purpose, two groups of persons have been asked for relaying this survey.
1. Individuals regularily participating in worldwide TRIZ conferences
(ETRIA, AI, MATRIZ and members of continent or countrywide
associations);
2. Through these persons, their contacts in their countries whether they are from academia, industry or consulting.
In order for the survey to represent a reliable image of realities,
redundencies will be carefully analyzed and if necessary adjusted in
order for the results to be statistically coherent. Your name (if you agree) will be displayed in a list of participants
and we engage to redistribute the result of this survey to you for your
enventual personal or professional uses.
There are 54 questions in this survey
Who is filling the survey
This section is devoted to describe your position as "survey filler".
We do not intend to capture data regarding yourself and/or your
organization but simply to classify both the size, the nature and your
agreement to distribute this survey's results. These info are therefore
important to us for the relevance of the data's treatment.
1 For which country are you completing this survey ? *
Please choose only one of the following:
from Afghanistan
...
to
Zimbabwe
Since you have recieved this survey, you are certainly listed within
one or several worldwideTRIZ association. Nevertheless, we need to
understand from which country your contribution came from and is part
of. For instance, if your company is international, please input the
location of the group your are responding for. As we intend to display
world maps of the results per country, we need to locate upon which
country your inputs are valid.
2 In which city is your organisation located? *
Please write your answer here:
3 What is the name of your organisation?
Please write your answer here:
Please note that depending on your later answers, this data may not be displayed within the survey results.
4 How many individuals are within your organisation? *
Please write your answer here:
This data's is to quantify the size of your organization. Therefore,
you may input the total amount of persons within the organisation you
are answering for. This has, at this point, no connexions with TRIZ
activities but is helpful to attribute your data to a specific category
of organization.
5 Out of this amount, which percentage is currently involved/working with TRIZ?
Please write your answer here:
For example, if all people in your organisation are working with TRIZ, then input : 100%
If half of the people are working with TRIZ, then input 50% and so on...
6 What is your name?
Please write your answer here:
Please note that depending on your answer, this data may not appear within the survey results.
7 Your position ?
Please write your answer here:
Please note that depending on your answer, this data may not appear within the survey results.
8 By whom and/or by which means did you received this survey ?
Please write your answer here:
9 What is your perception of Triz ? (any or several answers) *
Please choose all that apply:
is a software
is a tool
is a set of tools
is a method
is a set of methods
is a theory
Other:
This question only concerns your own perception of what TRIZ is
10 What is the perception of your group regarding TRIZ ? (any or several answers) *
Please choose all that apply:
is a software
is a tool
is a set of tools
is a method
is a set of methods
is a theory
Other:
Your answer can be based on an average perception on how your group is considering TRIZ
11 Would you authorize the authors of this survey to cite your name ? *
Please choose only one of the following:
Yes
No
This is an answer of a high importance. The survey is totally based on
a non-profit purpose : the redistribution to worldwide TRIZ communities
of data that is helpful to understand how TRIZ is perceived in its
worldwide uses. Data that you want to keep confidential will not be
displayed. We encourage you to add to credibility of this effort by
allowing us to cite your name.
12 Would you authorize the authors of this survey to cite the name of your company ? *
Please choose only one of the following:
Yes
No
This is an answer of a high importance. The survey is totally based on
a non-profit purpose : the redistribution to worldwide TRIZ communities
of data that are helpful to understand how TRIZ is perceived worldwide
used. Data that you want to keep confidential will not be displayed. We
encourage you to add to credibility of this effort by allowing us to
cite your name.
About your organization and its activities
At this point depending on your answers, the questionnaire might
redirect you in one or several of its branches. If you think your
organization belongs to several of the proposed answers, please
decompose your answers relatively of each branch and answer several
times to this survey.
13 Which type of organisation are you representing? *
Please choose only one of the following:
University/Academia
Industrial company
Consulting
Depending on your answer, you will be directed through different series
of questions. If you think your organisаtion fits several of the above
cases, please redo the survey several times.
14 Size of your research team?
[Only answer this question if you answered 'University/Academia' to question '0013 ]
Please write your answer here:
15 Could you detail the structure of your research team ?
[Only answer this question if you answered 'University/Academia' to question '0013 ]
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
0
0-4
5-10
11 and above
Full professors
Associate or assistant professors
Post doctoratale fellows
Research engineers
Ph.D Student
Post graduate (Master)
16 In your research team, concerning each group, indicate the average percentage of time dedicated to TRIZ.
[Only answer this question if you answered 'University/Academia' to question '0013 ]
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
less than 5%
between 10-30%
more than half of his/her activities in relation with
full time
Full professors
Associate or assistant professors
Post doctoratale fellows
Research engineers
Ph.D Student
Post graduate (Master)
17 Teaching levels and amount of time for TRIZ learning
[Only answer this question if you answered 'University/Academia' to question '0013 ]
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
Not applicable in my organism
From 0 to 4 hours
From 4 to 20 hours
From 20 to 40 hours
From 40 to 80 hours
above 80 hours
Undergraduate
Post graduate
Doctorate
College
Junior college
18 The distribution of TRIZ related activities (out of 100%) is as follows:
[Only answer this question if you answered 'Industrial company' to question '0013 ]
Please choose only one of the following:
Less than 5%
Between 10-30%
More than half projects
All projects
As an example, if 60% of all your team's projects are using TRIZ, please input "more than half of projects"
19 What is the Industrial domain your company is registered in ?
[Only answer this question if you answered 'Industrial company' to question '0013 ]
Please write your answer here:
20
Out of 100% of TRIZ related activities in your organization, please
describe how they are split between the categories listed below:
[Only answer this question if you answered 'Industrial company' to question '0013 ]
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
0%
0-20%
20-50%
50-80%
80-100%
our engineers (insourcing)
outsourcing to consulting
University partnership
Else (please qualify)
21 else (please qualify)
[Only answer this question if you answered 'Industrial company' to question '0013 and if you have NOT answered '0%' to question '0020 ]
Please write your answer here:
22 Percentage of Activities in relation with TRIZ
[Only answer this question if you answered 'Consulting' to question '0013 ]
Please choose only one of the following:
Less than 5%
Between 10-30%
More than half of overall activities in relation with
All activities
Level of acquaintance
23 Regarding my organisation, I would qualify the TRIZ acknowledgement's layout as *Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
0%
Between 0 and 10%
Between 10 and 25%
Between 25 and 50%
Above 50%
Awareness
Some elements mastered
Reduction or simplification of TRIZ
Most of TRIZ contents mastered
All TRIZ contents
TRIZ and further developments
Please input a layout having a total of 100%. If not, your inputs will be re-harmonized to fit a total of 100%.
24 Could you specify what you call "a further developpment of TRIZ"
[Only answer this question if you have NOT answered '0%' to question '0023 ]
Please write your answer here:
25 Which elements of TRIZ are used within my organisation?*
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
Don't know about
Just aware of but no usage
Rarely
Sometimes
Most of the time
Only when necessary
All of the times
Tool -Main Useful Function- Object
Multiscreen
Miniature men
Size-time-cost operators
Contradiction
Matrix+principles
su field modeling
Inventive standards
Laws of engineering systems evolution
ARIZ First phase
ARIZ Second phase
ARIZ Third phase
Pointers to effects
Database of effects
26 Whith a software system or a website?*
Please choose only one of the following:
Don't know any existence of
Software
Website
Make a comment on your choice here:
In the comment section, please indicate if the use of any existing
software system or website related to TRIZ has been (or still is) of
any positive help for TRIZ usage. You are also kindly invited to name
the software or the website you are reffering to in the comment space.
27 How did you get TRIZ knowledge?*
Please choose only one of the following:
Self-learning
Trainned by an organisation/a person/several persons
Both
Which type of results TRIZ use is partially/totally responsible of within your organisation
Depending on the results your organisation has achieved so far and where TRIZ has played a significant role in, please indicate
28 Sucessful implementation of solution concepts into products?
Please choose only one of the following:
Yes
No
Don't know yet
29 More situations solved?
Please choose only one of the following:
Yes
No
Don't know yet
30 Better ideas?
Please choose only one of the following:
Yes
No
Don't know yet
31 More ideas ?
Please choose only one of the following:
Yes
No
Don't know yet
32 More patents?
Please choose only one of the following:
Ano
Ne
Dosud nevím
Future intentions
33 Perform research on?
Please choose only one of the following:
Yes
No
Don't know yet
34 Which condition is necessary for you to switch to "yes" ?
[Only answer this question if you answered 'Don't know yet' to question '0033 ]
Please write your answer here:
35 case studies to further convince ?
Please choose only one of the following:
Yes
No
Don't know yet
36 Which condition is necessary for you to switch to "yes" ?
[Only answer this question if you answered 'Don't know yet' to question '0035 ]
Please write your answer here:
37 Customizing TRIZ to your needs?
Please choose only one of the following:
Yes
No
Don't know yet
38 Which condition is necessary for you to switch to "yes" ?
[Only answer this question if you answered 'Don't know yet' to question '0037 ]
Please write your answer here:
39 More outsourcing?
Please choose only one of the following:
Yes
No
Don't know yet
Please indicate if you are using external ressources for handeling TRIZ
activities (consulting, expertise,...) and if you intend, in the
future, to increase these external ressources.
40 Which condition is necessary for you to switch to "yes"?
[Only answer this question if you answered 'Don't know yet' to question '0039 ]
Please write your answer here:
41 If no, could you briefly explain why?
[Only answer this question if you answered 'No' to question '0039 ]
Please write your answer here:
42 More insourcing?
Please choose only one of the following:
Yes
No
Don't know yet
Please indicate if you want to develop internal expertise/competences
related to TRIZ by hiring people, therefore increasing the total
members of your team.
43 Which condition is necessary for you to switch to "yes" ?
[Only answer this question if you answered 'Don't know yet' to question '0042 ]
Please write your answer here:
44 If no, could you briefly explain why?
[Only answer this question if you answered 'No' to question '0042 ]
Please write your answer here:
45 Clustering with others?
Please choose only one of the following:
Yes
No
Don't know yet
Answer "yes" If your strategy is to associate the management of your
TRIZ related activities in grouping your competences with other
organisations having the same problematic. This can be understood as
creating clusters, associations, consortium or simply in participating
to existing TRIZ-related associations.
46 Which condition is necessary for you to switch to "yes" ?
[Only answer this question if you answered 'Don't know yet' to question '0045 ]
Please write your answer here:
47 If no, could you briefly explain why ?
[Only answer this question if you answered 'No' to question '0045 ]
Please write your answer here:
48 Have you experienced a failure regarding TRIZ use?
Please choose only one of the following:
Yes
No
49 Briefly explain if you have identify why?
[Only answer this question if you answered 'Yes' to question '0048 ]
Please write your answer here:
50 Internal deployment?
Please choose only one of the following:
Yes
No
Don't know yet
51 Which condition is necessary for you to switch to "yes" ?
[Only answer this question if you answered 'Don't know yet' to question '0050 ]
Please write your answer here:
52 Further learning?
Please choose only one of the following:
Yes
No
Don't know yet
53 Which condition is necessary for you to switch to "yes" ?
[Only answer this question if you answered 'Don't know yet' to question '0052 ]
Please write your answer here:
54 According to your experience, what does "the world of TRIZ" currently need for better deployment and use?
INSA Projects 
from Afghanistan
is a software
26 Whith a software system or a website? *
Please choose only one of the following:
Make a comment on your choice here: