TRIZ for R&D Teams: Systematic Innovation Tools Essentials Training by Tonex
This advanced training empowers scientists, engineers, innovators, and cybersecurity professionals with TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving), equipping them to generate breakthrough solutions to complex challenges. Participants will explore inventive principles, function modeling, and innovation strategies grounded in real-world applications such as packaging and safety. A key component of this course highlights how TRIZ methodology enhances innovation in cybersecurity—by resolving systemic contradictions in threat modeling, anticipating attack vectors using evolution trends, and improving defensive mechanisms. This practical, insight-driven course fosters innovative thinking and structured creativity across R&D and security-focused teams.
Audience:
- Scientists and researchers
- Product development engineers
- Innovation and R&D managers
- Cybersecurity professionals
- Quality and process improvement teams
- Safety and reliability engineers
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the foundations of TRIZ methodology
- Apply the 40 inventive principles to solve technical contradictions
- Utilize function modeling and trimming for design improvement
- Leverage evolution trends to forecast technological advancements
- Identify and overcome common inventive barriers
- Apply TRIZ to real-world R&D and cybersecurity cases
Course Modules:
Module 1: TRIZ Fundamentals
- History and philosophy of TRIZ
- Key TRIZ terminologies
- Types of problems TRIZ solves
- Introduction to innovation patterns
- Systematic vs. trial-and-error thinking
- TRIZ in cybersecurity contexts
Module 2: Inventive Principles & Matrix
- Understanding technical contradictions
- 40 inventive principles explained
- Contradiction matrix usage
- Case examples of principle application
- Innovation through contradiction resolution
- Applications in product and cyber domains
Module 3: Trends of Evolution
- 8 patterns of technological evolution
- S-curve and maturity models
- Anticipating future technologies
- Evolution in cybersecurity systems
- Mapping trends to R&D strategies
- Enhancing design robustness
Module 4: Function Modeling & Trimming
- Basics of function analysis
- Modeling systems and subsystems
- Identifying and removing harmful functions
- Trimming for simplicity and performance
- Function analysis in process design
- TRIZ for secure system architecture
Module 5: Ideality & Barriers
- Defining the Ideal Final Result (IFR)
- Metrics of ideality
- Identifying inventive barriers
- Overcoming psychological inertia
- Tools to break functional fixedness
- Cybersecurity applications of IFR thinking
Module 6: Applied Case Studies
- TRIZ in packaging innovation
- Formulation and materials development
- Enhancing safety and compliance
- Product reliability and simplification
- Cybersecurity scenario resolution
- Lessons from cross-industry innovation
Elevate your team’s innovation capability with TRIZ—enroll now in Tonex’s Systematic Innovation Tools Essentials Training and drive smarter, safer, and future-ready solutions in R&D and cybersecurity.