BOE17 - Designing Viable Solutions
Program Description
The first idea is not always the best idea. This online live course helps professionals generate practical solution options, test assumptions early, evaluate constraints, and compare tradeoffs, risks, and feasibility before moving a solution forward.
Employers value problem-solvers who know how to explore multiple options, challenge assumptions, and evaluate ideas before committing valuable time and resources. In this online live course, you'll get the practical frameworks and decision-making tools that will help you and your teams generate multiple ideas, test solutions early, and commit to the best plan of action, not just the first one that comes to mind.
You can sign up for each workshop individually, or register for the certificate here.
Learning Objectives:
- Generate multiple practical solution options before selecting a path forward.
- Apply creative thinking within real world constraints.
- Test assumptions early through low-risk experiments or feedback loops.
- Compare solution options based on feasibility, risk, tradeoffs, and business value.
- Refine ideas into practical solution concepts ready for review or testing.
- Decide whether to advance, refine, pivot, or stop based on evidence and fit.
Who Should Attend:
- Engineers and technical professionals involved in innovation or improvement work.
- Project leads to responsible for developing new solutions or initiatives.
- Managers guiding teams through problem solving and decision-making.
- Product and process improvement professionals.
- Professionals are responsible for turning ideas into practical plans.
Course Outline
- Move beyond the first idea.
- Generate multiple solution options.
- Apply creativity within constraints.
- Test assumptions early.
- Evaluate feasibility, tradeoffs, and risk.
- Decide whether to advance, refine, pivot, or stop.
Instructors/Subject Matter Experts
Applies Towards the Following Certificates or Series
- Applied Continuous Improvement for Managers Certificate : Applied Continuous Improvement