Who Should Attend &
Course FAQs

There are no prerequisites. Inteq’s Critical Thinking course provides a comprehensive and practical approach to critical thinking concepts and techniques regardless of professional background or level of experience.

The course is appropriate both for professionals new to formal critical thinking techniques and for experienced practitioners who want a more structured, repeatable approach to objective analysis, reasoning, problem solving, and decision-making.

The course develops practical critical thinking skills for analyzing information objectively and making better-supported decisions. Topics include:

• First-principles thinking, logic, and reasoning
• Fallacies and assumption analysis
• Evidence evaluation and argument analysis
• Questioning techniques and perspective taking
• Cognitive biases and inference
• Contextual awareness, skepticism, reliability, and credibility
• Practical application to business analysis, problem solving, decision-making, strategy, process improvement, and artificial intelligence

Logical reasoning is an important component of critical thinking, but critical thinking is broader.

Critical thinking also requires examining assumptions, evaluating evidence and credibility, recognizing cognitive bias and fallacies, considering context and alternative perspectives, making sound inferences, and determining whether a conclusion is sufficiently supported to guide action.

Critical thinking improves decisions by replacing unexamined assumptions and instinctive conclusions with a more disciplined examination of facts, evidence, reasoning, context, alternatives, and risk.

Participants learn to ask stronger questions, identify gaps in information, examine competing perspectives, recognize potential bias, test conclusions, and develop recommendations that can be clearly explained and defended.

Critical thinking is broadly applicable anywhere professionals need to analyze information and make judgments. The course specifically applies the concepts to:

• Business systems requirements
• Business process improvement
• Business cases
• Strategy and execution
• Artificial intelligence
• Decision-making and problem solving
• Innovation and creativity

The underlying critical thinking skills are transferable across industries, business functions, roles, and technologies.

Yes. The course combines concepts, examples, exercises, discussion, and applied analysis so participants can move beyond awareness to practical use.

Participants also apply critical thinking concepts and techniques to complex business cases and scenarios, providing a practical template for using critical thinking in business analysis, problem solving, business cases, and organizational decision-making.

The course includes professional development credentials, completion recognition, and comprehensive learning resources.

• 1.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
• 14 IIBA Professional Development Units (PDUs)
• Personalized digital badge
• Certificate of completion
• Comprehensive course materials and supporting frameworks

Inteq is an IIBA Endorsed Education Provider.

Team Training : Available now as live onsite or live virtual training. The course can be tailored to your organization’s objectives and can also be combined with related Inteq courses to create three, four, or five-day hybrid training programs.

Anytime eLearning™ : The self-paced version of Critical Thinking is coming soon. Professionals can request notification when enrollment becomes available.

Critical Thinking can be taken as a stand-alone professional skills course or used to strengthen the analytical foundation applied in other Inteq programs.

It is particularly complementary to Business Systems Analysis, Agile Business Analysis, Business Process Modeling & Analysis, Business Process Reengineering, and Effective Business Cases.

Yes. Inteq is an approved GSA prime contractor, and Inteq training and consulting services are available to U.S. Government organizations through applicable GSA Professional Services Schedule offerings. Government organizations can contact Inteq to discuss training requirements, delivery options, scope, and applicable purchasing vehicles.