Forward thinking
Phoenix Open Day
24 février 2012
Cogentus holding open day at WM2010
Venue: Hyatt Regency Phoenix 122 N Second Street, Phoenix.
Room: Borein B (Second Floor)
Date: Tuesday February 28th , 10am to 5pm.
The aim of this event is to introduce you to Cogentus. We are a small business specializing in problem solving and data analytics. We will have sessions where people can come and discuss issues that we may be able to help with and also some short sessions for learning new skills. You will also receive a free1 version of our leading decision support software Promax. Space is limited but no booking
is required. First come first served.
10:00 – 10:45 Open Session.
Come along and meet. If you wish to discuss anything on dealing with a business problem; be it prioritization, measuring effectiveness, solving a tricky technical problem or sharing information we are there to share our thoughts.
11:00 – 11:30 Creativity Tools.
This is a half hour session to teach four useful tools for coming up with lots and lots of ideas. These tools can be taken back to the workplace and used right away. Guaranteed to be more effective than traditional brainstorming.
11:30 – 12:00 Q&A
12:00 – 13:45 Open Session.
14:00 – 14:30 Promax Demonstration.
This is a half hour session to introduce you to Promax. We will use the software to illustrate a downselection problem and explain some of the more sophisticated requirements of selection such as value mapping, weighting criteria and stakeholder perspectives.
14:30 – 15:00 Q&A
15:00 – 15:45 Open Session.
16:00 – 16:30 Triz Tools.
This is a half hour session to introduce you to Triz – the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving. This will be a very brief coverage of some of the most useful Triz tools that will open your mind to a methodology for solving really difficult technical problems.
16:30 – 17:00 Open Session
Please note we will be giving away free versions of Promax Standard to all attendees who sign up. Normal price $295. Additional copies of the software will alsobe available for a limited time period after the event for a substantial discount (75%).