TRIZ
(3-Day Workshop)

About the Program:

This workshop will provide a practical method for enhancing engineering creativity. The method is based on the Theory or Inventive-Problem Solving (TRIZ in its Russian acronym), developed after thorough analysis of some 2.5 million inventions described in the world’s patent databases. TRIZ has been successfully applied to solve complex technological problems at Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Rockwell Automotive, UNISYS, Case Corporation, Ryobi, and many others.

This problem solving methodology will be taught through an interactive approach. Participants will get hands-on experience in solving various real-life problems and will receive a set of course notes describing TRIZ with numerous problems and their solutions. More than forty case studies from different fields of engineering will be analyzed in detail. Use of the Invention Machineä Labä software will be demonstrated.

Part of the time will be reserved for solving problems provided by the participants.

Learning Objectives:

• How to overcome psychological inertia and to direct the creative effort towards the most promising solutions.
• How to define problems in the complex practical situation.
• How to develop breakthrough concepts of solutions.
• How to replace trade-off with real solutions satisfying all conflicting requirements.
• How to maximize utilization of available resources.
• How to visualize future evolution of your product or process.
• How to build patent fences and circumvent competitors’ patents.
• How to use TRIZ software packages.
• How to implement TRIZ in your organization.

Who Should Attend?

Anyone who is involved with the development of new technology – engineering and R&D executives, project leaders, designers, researches, engineering consultants, inventors, patent lawyers – can benefit from learning this methodology.