Artificial Inventiveness
It is an online course for all interested in creativity, in systematic tools of ideation. The modules contain basic TRIZ (Theory for Inventive Problem Solving) tools for idea generation.
Have you ever thought why it is hard to find a new idea sometimes? How to analyze the situation where you need an out of box solution? How to deliver systematically the list of concepts to improve a product or a service?
This course is a brief introduction to creativity and idea generation with elements of theory, everyday life examples and tests for self-check. If you want to dive deeper into TRIZ and tools for idea generation, we would be happy to invite you to instructor-paced course Systematic Creativity and TRIZ.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course the learner is expected to be able to:
- Identify inventive problems in the complex process of product development
- Apply several tools for systematic idea generation (Function modelling, Ideal final result, Function-oriented search, Contradictions analysis)
- Act step-by-step when creative and out-of-box ideas are needed
Course structure
It is a self-paced course and course workload is equivalent to 1 ECTS. The course includes the following modules:
- Introduction
- Function Definition
- Ideal Final Result
- Function-oriented Search
- Contradictions
