This uniquely organized text provides both students and working professionals with detailed assistance in understanding the underlying principles of TRIZ, a systematic approach to solving inventive and innovative problems originated by G. Altshuller. The book explains how TRIZ can be used to solve new problems in structured and logical way. Practical rather than theoretical, this text is written on the basis of more than 20 years of the author's experience with using TRIZ to solve real problems and teaching TRIZ to various categories of students and professionals. The book reveals how specific techniques, developed from the basic principles of TRIZ, are applicable to a limitless variety of inventive problems. More than hundred examples presented in the text can be used for self-study and mastering skills with TRIZ while reading the book. A detailed coverage of classical TRIZ techniques make the text an excellent reference sourcebook.