Master's Certification

TRIZ Master's Degree Certification Regulations and Guidelines

1. General Provision.

1.1. The main goals of the TRIZ Master qualification regulations:

1. Organizational aspects of TRIZ Master Certification

2.1. To award the TRIZ Master's degree, the Board of Directors of AI will impanel a Qualification Commission (QC) consisting of a number of TRIZ Masters from AI or TRIZ Masters from other TRIZ organizations recommended by the President of AI and the Chairman of the Certification Board. TRIZ Masters, who supported a nominated candidate, have the right to be a member of QC and take part in voting for the candidate. See table in 2.6

2.2. The President of AI, with the title of TRIZ Master, chairs the QC. If the President of AI is not a TRIZ Master, he will appoint the Chairman of QC from the impaneled members of the QC.

2.3. The AI Secretary organizes documents and solves any organizational issues of QC. Planned items and all required documents (Para 3.) for the TRIZ Master Applicant must be sent to the AI Secretary and members of the QC at least 60 days in advance of the scheduled meeting.

2.4. The QC meetings can be held in person, remotely using any suitable Internet technology (Skype, WebEx, Zoom, etc.) or combination thereof. Following the sessions, the AI Secretary prepares the final Minutes and submits them to the Chairman of the QC.

2.5. If an applicant does not plan to defend a dissertation and applies for TRIZ Master certification based on merits, a set of publications (1), or outstanding achievements in the field of the practical application of TRIZ (2), it must be indicated in their application.

2.6. QC decides based on the number of votes shown in the table in this Paragraph. Voting may be open or closed by the decision of the QC. Counting commission is elected from among the members of AI to count the votes if the closed voting is selected.

Number of QC members who take part in the voting

Minimum number of "YES" votes required for approval

13

7

11

6

9

5

7

4

2.7. The findings of the QC, and the decisions reached, will be published in the public domain on the website https://www.aitriz.org/ and in other pertinent sites.

2.8. The designated language of work of AI and qualification commissions is English.

1. Requirements for obtaining a TRIZ Master's Degree.

3.1. Every candidate for TRIZ Master's degree, by either defense or on merit, must submit the following:

• A current membership in the Institute
• Advancement of TRIZ methods and tools

3.2. By Dissertation: The applicants should prepare a TRIZ dissertation and defend it at their TRIZ Master QC session.

3.3. Main requirements for TRIZ dissertation:

3.3.5. The instrumentality and effectiveness of the proposed findings

3.4. The volume of the dissertation is at least 30 pages. The abstract size is at least two pages. Abstract and dissertation are submitted in an electronic format.

3.5. Recommended structure and content of the dissertation:

3.5.1. Introduction

3.5.2. Table of contents

3.5.3. The relevance goals of the topic of research.

3.5.4. A detailed statement of the problem.

3.5.5. Review of the known approaches to the analyzed problem.

3.5.6. Methods for solving the stated problem.

3.5.7. Results and relevance of performed research.

3.5.8. The practice of application.

3.5.9. The availability of practical results

3.5.10. Analysis of results and the reproducibility of the completed study.

3.5.11. The personal contribution of the applicant.

3.5.12. Conclusions and recommendations of the applicant.

3.5.13. List of published works on the topic of the dissertation.

3.6. Recommended structure and content of the dissertation abstract:

3.6.10. Structure and volume of work.

3.7. By Merit: To apply for TRIZ Master's degree based on a set of outstanding achievements in the field of the practical application of TRIZ in inventive or innovative activity, a candidate must submit the following materials to AI QC):

1. Other provisions.

4.1. All information materials and decisions, minutes of the meetings, are openly published in the public domain on the website https://www.aitriz.org/ and other pertinent sites.

4.2. AI keeps a register of issued TRIZ Masters diplomas.