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Basic TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving)
Finding creative solutions to complex problems

What you will learn

Overview 
What is TRIZ?

TRIZ (pronounced trees) is an acronym for the Russian Teoriya Resheniya Izobretatelskikh Zadatch, or, in English, The Theory of Inventive Problem Solving. TRIZ is a problem-solving, analysis and forecasting body of knowledge and application derived from the study of invention patterns in the global patent literature. Beginning in 1946 and still evolving, TRIZ was developed by the Soviet inventor Genrich Altshuller (now deceased) and his colleagues.

TRIZ is rapidly gaining popularity as a robust methodology for defining and resolving difficult contradictions that stand as barriers to product, process and business innovation. As such, TRIZ isn’t only a tool for researchers and scientists, as is has been in the past. Today TRIZ is used to generate creative solutions in a variety of corporate settings under a variety of circumstances.

This course is an intensive introduction to the foundational elements of TRIZ, covering such topics as the Ideal Final Result (IFR), which suggests that systems evolve to perfection; the use of resources to maximize effectiveness within a system; and the idea of contradiction elimination as the primary driver of human progress and innovation in business.

I was extremely pleased with BMGI’s TRIZ training and I’m eager to incorporate it in my Six Sigma program. The future of Six Sigma will be influenced and advanced through a structured objective problem-solving methodology as TRIZ demonstrates.

 Ray Daines - Director, Process Improvement, American Red Cross

Many Fortune 500 companies use TRIZ in everyday business to improve customer insight, generate new ideas, solve problems faster, forecast technologies, track product evolution, develop intellectual property, build stronger patents, improve new product success, streamline resources and generally save time and money.

 
 
 

Learning Objectives 

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Explain TRIZ as a problem-solving methodology.
  • Define the levels of innovation and explain their importance.
  • Understand and explain psychological inertia.
  •  Identify and define problems in terms of contradictions.
  • Resolve contradictions using the contradiction matrix theory, separation principles and the system approach.
  • Create a function model of a system and use it for contradiction identification and resolution.
  • Explain and use Polovinkin’s heuristics.
  • Understand and practice a number of key TRIZ elements, such as:
    • Zones of conflict
    • Functional Analysis
    • System Constraints
    • The Ideal Final Result & Ideality
    • The Utilization of Resources

How you will learn

Classroom 

Relative to university-based alternatives, this course has a definite applied focus, making it much more valuable to those with an imperative to solve specific problems or make product, process and business innovations in real organizations on a more pervasive scale.

Participants are encouraged to bring problems and contradictions from their organizations to class, where highly experienced BMGI TRIZ masters provide specific guidance and consulting. It doesn’t matter if you’re from a manufacturing, service, transactional, healthcare or research environment—instructors are well versed and experienced in applying TRIZ in all of these domains.

The unique hallmark of this course is that it doesn’t teach TRIZ in a vacuum as a detached system or set of tools, or as an end-all-do-all method. TRIZ has tangible, ongoing value when it’s understood and applied within a context – taking the people-related aspects of innovation into consideration, for instance, or understanding when one needs a TRIZ tool versus a Six Sigma tool versus a creative thinking technique.

As with all BMGI courses, knowledge, tools and application skills are learned via interactive lecture, hands-on exercises, simulations and individualized mentoring. BMGI expert instructors are interesting and engaging, transferring knowledge from a thorough and deep set of course content—always challenging participants to extract the most value from the learning experience.

Course Length: 
4 consecutive days
28 hours of instruction
Classroom Cost: 

$ 2,195

€ 2,613

$ 1,450

Classroom Agenda: 
Day One
  • Psychological Inertia
  • The Ideal Final Result/Ideality
  • The Technical Contradiction
  • Interactive Problem Solving
Day Two
  • Physical Contradiction
  • Contradiction Conversion
  • Modeling by Nine Screens
  • Interactive Problem Solving
Day Three
  • Resources
  • Derivation & Modulation of Resources
  • Interactive Problem Solving Workshop
  • Introduction to Function Model
Day Four
  • Function Modeling
  • SuField Modeling

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Basic TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving)
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Appropriate for

Anyone with a problem they haven’t satisfactorily resolved.
Designers, engineers, R&D professionals and managers involved in product development or process-based problem solving.
Candidates enrolled in BMGI’s master black belt development program.
Those from companies that want to accelerate problem solving and streamline the innovation process.

Course at a Glance

 

Prerequisites

Classroom:

 

  • A laptop computer
  • Pre-reading
  • Problems for in-class use

Course Length

Classroom:
4 consecutive days
28 hours of instruction

Cost

Classroom:

$ 2,195

€ 2,613

$ 1,450

:

Credits

Classroom: 2.8 CEUs

Course includes

Insourcing Innovation: How to Achieve Competitive Excellence Using TRIZ, by David Silverstein, Neil DeCarlo and Michael Slocum, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008.