Requirements for applicants seeking Level 1–3
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All certificates issued by MATRIZ till October 2022 are recognized as valid and suitable for further certification levels.
Certification Level 1. Required knowledge, abilities and skills:
- Methods for activating creative thinking and generating ideas.
- Foundations of TRIZ.
- System Operator.
- TRIZ basic definitions: an engineering (technical) system, product, tool, function, ideality, ideal final result, inventive situation, inventive problem, etc.
- Function Analysis for products.
- Trimming for products.
- Basics of Cause Effect Chain Analysis analysis (or Root-Conflict Analysis).
- Resources and resource analysis.
- Engineering (technical) contradictions.
- Altshuller’s (or later) matrix for the elimination of engineering (technical) contradictions.
- Physical contradictions.
- Elimination of physical contradictions.
Certification format: Written test, and/or assignments report.
Duration of recommended training: not less than 24 class/online hours.
Certification is carried out by trainers accredited by Certification Committee of MATRIZ Official (at least Level 3).
Certification Level 2 Required knowledge, abilities and skills:
- Analysis of Cause-effect chains and the ability to discern root/ key disadvantages.
- Formulation of key problems/issues.
- Feature transfer (merging alternative systems).
- Function analysis for processes.
- Function/Cost diagram (Diagnostic analysis).
- Substance-Field analysis.
- 76 Inventive Standards for inventive problem solving.
- Basics of the Algorithm of Inventive Problems Solving (ARIZ-85C): introduction.
- Models of technical (engineering) systems evolution.
- S-Curve of evolution. Developmental stages of technical systems.
- The uneven development of technical systems' parts.
- Indicators and recommendations for every development stage of technical systems.
Certification of Level 2 is only possible on the basis of having certificate of Level 1 from MATRIZ or MATRIZ Official.
Certification testing format: Successful completion of assignments report, and completion of a written test (optional).
Duration of recommended training: not less than 40 class/online hours.
Certification is carried out by trainers accredited by Certification Committee of MATRIZ Official (at least Level 4).
Certification Level 3 Required knowledge, abilities and skills:
- Fundamentals of Advanced TRIZ.
- The Algorithm of Inventive Problem Solving (ARIZ-85C).
- Types of Flows.
- Flow analysis.
- Analogue Problems. Application of analogue problems.
- Function-Oriented Search (FOS).
- Super-effects analysis.
- Theory of Technical (engineering) Systems Evolution.
- Laws of evolution of technical systems.
- Trends and lines of evolution of technical systems.
- TRIZ-based forecasting.
- Problems with unclear causes. Subversion analysis.
- Anticipatory Failures Analysis.
Certification of Level 3 is only possible on the basis of having certificate of Level 2 from MATRIZ or MATRIZ Official.
Certification testing format: Successful completion of assignments report, and completion of a written test (optional).
Duration of recommended training: not less than 80 class/online hours.
Certification is carried out by trainers accredited by Certification Committee of MATRIZ Official (at least Level 5).