FOU-101 Foundations of Systems Thinking
Mental models, feedback loops, and first-principles reasoning for technical professionals.
- Level
- Intro
- Planned time
- 12 hours
- Area
- Thinking
- Take first
- None
You should be able to
- Apply systems thinking to decompose complex problems
- Identify feedback loops and leverage points in systems
- Use first-principles reasoning to evaluate solutions
Modules
- What Is a System?Reading · 60 min
- Mental Models That MatterReading · 90 min
- Feedback Loops & DynamicsExercise · 120 min
- First-Principles ReasoningExercise · 120 min
- Systems in SoftwareProject · 180 min
- Capstone AnalysisProject · 150 min
Module times add to 12 h 0 min. The planned time above includes practice and review.