TRIZ for software process improvement

TRIZ (theory of inventive problem solving) is a widely used problem solving method, most readily applicable to physical domains. To complement ongoing software process improvement activities, TRIZ and an associated software tool TechOptimizer were used to model the software development process, to assess whether this could provide new approaches on process development. The study concludes that the method and functions provided by the TechOptimizer tool do show promise in the area of SPI with immediate returns identifying process improvement priorities and scope for new approaches to process design.