FAST Creativity and Innovation: Rapidly Improving Processes, Product Development and Solving Complex ProblemsFAST Creativity & Innovation is a landmark work authored by the creator of the method called Function Analysis Systems Technique (FAST) and pioneer of value engineering and value analysis. FAST is a powerful mapping technique that can graphically model goals, objectives, strategies, plans, systems, projects, products, processes, and procedures in function terms to identify function dependencies by organizing them into a cause and effect relationship. This technique quickly brings clarity to whatever situation or problem it is applied and greatly enhances productive thinking, creativity, innovation, and complex problem solving. |
Contents
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Discovering Functions | 17 |
WhyHow Logic | 31 |
Using Your Creativity | 37 |
Sure Test for How Functions | 43 |
Summary | 49 |
Selecting a Project | 55 |
Participants | 65 |
Timing Device | 117 |
Love | 139 |
ThreeTon Heat Pump | 155 |
Military Communication Device | 173 |
Generalizing and Undisclosing Methods | 195 |
Other Applications of FAST | 211 |
Summary of FAST Procedure | 223 |
Constructing FAST Diagrams | 235 |
Common terms and phrases
accomplished activity added allows analysis answer apply approach areas Arming attractiveness Avoid basic function become better brainstorming causes Chapter Communication completed concepts considered constructed Control cost create creative demonstrate describe Determination developed discussion Display door Eliminate Energy Engineering example exists expand express FAST Diagram FAST Tree five formulated function clusters given Heat higher level functions ideas identified Improve included Increase initial initial functions insert Install intuitively Lever light logic diagram Logic Question look LRUS merged method mind obtain Operate participants performed person play Prevent primary path functions problem procedure Program recorded Reduce relationships Release Remove role shown in Figure someone Step Supply supporting supporting functions System task technique teeth thing thinking tions trying understanding unit Value