SIT – Systematic Inventive Thinking is an idea generation method developed in the 1990s. It is considered a further development of the TRIZ method developed by Professor Genrich Altshuller. SIT is a practical approach to creativity, innovation and problem solving and is considered an established methodology for innovation.
Altshuller recognized that problems almost always hide common patterns. With knowledge of these patterns, he formulated the TRIZ systematic approach to solving problems innovatively. SIT takes this a step further: the methodology allows five tools to be applied specifically to generate product, service and problem innovations.
Strengths of SIT:
The ideas are almost always radical.
The ideas go through a reality check very early on.
The ideas have a relevant probability of implementation.
The methodology can be applied in a relatively straightforward manner.
The methodology is systematic.
Overview of SIT tools
Subtraction
Multiplication
Task Unification
Attributes Dependency
Division
