Homogeneity

{
  "id": "TRIZ-33",
  "title": "Homogeneity",
  "intent": "Reduce friction and complexity by making interacting elements similar in nature, structure, or rules.",
  "triz_principle": {
    "number": 33,
    "name": "Homogeneity",
    "definition": "Make interacting objects or systems of the same or similar material, structure, or logic."
  },
  "problem_understanding": {
    "core_contradiction": "We need collaboration and integration, but heterogeneity creates friction, translation cost, and errors.",
    "why_this_hurts": "When every interaction crosses different rules, formats, or mental models, coordination cost dominates real work.",
    "typical_signals": [
      "many adapters and mappings",
      "frequent misunderstandings between teams or systems",
      "custom rules per integration",
      "high onboarding time for new people or components"
    ]
  },
  "solution_logic": {
    "core_idea": "Align interacting parts so they speak the same language and follow similar rules.",
    "key_rule": "Homogenize at the interaction boundary, not necessarily internally.",
    "how_it_resolves_the_contradiction": "Interactions become cheaper and safer while internal freedom can still exist behind boundaries."
  },
  "application_patterns": {
    "consulting": [
      "shared terminology and definitions across domains",
      "standard decision templates",
      "common prioritization criteria"
    ],
    "software_engineering": [
      "consistent API conventions",
      "shared data contracts",
      "common error-handling patterns"
    ],
    "architecture": [
      "canonical models at boundaries",
      "standard integration patterns",
      "uniform security and identity mechanisms"
    ],
    "enterprise_sap": [
      "harmonized master data definitions",
      "consistent key and number range strategies",
      "standard replication and validation patterns"
    ]
  },
  "anti_patterns": [
    "forcing full internal uniformity",
    "homogenizing where diversity creates value",
    "standards without ownership or enforcement"
  ],
  "usage_guidance": {
    "use_when": [
      "interaction cost dominates delivery time",
      "errors arise from misalignment",
      "scaling requires faster onboarding"
    ],
    "do_not_use_when": [
      "domains have fundamentally different needs",
      "standardization would block innovation"
    ]
  },
  "diagnostic_questions": [
    "Where do we constantly translate or explain?",
    "Which differences add no real value?",
    "What could be standardized only at the boundary?"
  ],
  "example": {
    "before": "Each system defines its own master data semantics and APIs.",
    "after": "Systems align on a shared contract while keeping internal freedom."
  },
  "meta": {
    "schema": "dkharlanau.dataset.byte",
    "schema_version": "1.1",
    "dataset": "TRIZ-bytes",
    "source_project": "cv-ai",
    "source_path": "TRIZ-bytes/TRIZ-33.json",
    "generated_at_utc": "2026-02-03T14:33:32+00:00",
    "creator": {
      "name": "Dzmitryi Kharlanau",
      "role": "SAP Lead",
      "website": "https://dkharlanau.github.io",
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dkharlanau"
    },
    "attribution": {
      "attribution_required": true,
      "preferred_citation": "Dzmitryi Kharlanau (SAP Lead). Dataset bytes: https://dkharlanau.github.io"
    },
    "license": {
      "name": "",
      "spdx": "",
      "url": ""
    },
    "links": {
      "website": "https://dkharlanau.github.io",
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dkharlanau"
    },
    "contact": {
      "preferred": "linkedin",
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dkharlanau"
    },
    "canonical_url": "https://dkharlanau.github.io/datasets/TRIZ-bytes/TRIZ-33.json",
    "created_at_utc": "2026-02-03T14:33:32+00:00",
    "updated_at_utc": "2026-02-03T15:29:02+00:00",
    "provenance": {
      "source_type": "chat_export_extraction",
      "note": "Extracted and curated by Dzmitryi Kharlanau; enriched for attribution and crawler indexing."
    },
    "entity_type": "triz_byte",
    "entity_subtype": "",
    "summary": "Reduce friction and complexity by making interacting elements similar in nature, structure, or rules."
  }
}