ENGR 415/416 or BA 415/416 - New Product Development Sample Syllabus
Fall Term 1995, Winter Term, 1996
This hands-on, two term course, is jointly offered for final year seniors by
the Colleges of Engineering and
Business. Topics taught by a
multi-disciplinary team of professors and industry practitioners include:
- The Product Design Process
- Quality Function Deployment
- Cross-Functional Teamwork
- Design for Manufacturing
- Intellectual Property Protection
- Creativity
- Business Planning
- Market Research
- Project Management
- Venture Funding
Offered in the Fall and Winter terms each year, the course must be taken in
sequence to receive full credit. Each course is four credits (making eight
credits total for the Fall and Winter terms). These courses count in lieu of
ME or
IME Senior Project,
or toward meeting required courses in the Management and Marketing Options.
Fall Term
- Week 1: Sept 26/28
- Topic: Introduction to the course, Strategic Positioning, team forming
- Lecturer: Gobeli et al
- Reading: Ullman Chpt 1,2,6
- Homework:
- Week 2: Oct 3/5
- Topic: Strategic Positioning, project selection
- Lecturer: Gobeli
- Reading:
- Homework:
- Week 3: Oct 10/12
- Topic: Teams, Scheduling, Market research
- Lecturer: Gobeli, Ullman, librarian
- Reading: Ullman 4, Ullman handout
- Homework:
- Week 4: Oct 17/19
- Topic: Market Research
- Lecturer: Gobeli, Ullman
- Reading:
- Homework:
- Week 5: Oct 24/26
- Topic: Engineering Specifications
- Lecturer: Ullman, Paul
- Reading: Ullman 7
- Homework:
- Week 6: Oct 31/Nov 2
- Topic: Team presentations, competitive force analysis
- Lecturer
- Reading:
- Homework:
- Week 7: Nov 7/9
- Topic: Competitive force analysis
- Lecturer
- Reading:
- Homework:
- Week 8: Nov 14/16
- Topic: Concept Design
- Lecturer: Ullman
- Reading: Ullman 8,9
- Homework:
- Week 9: Nov 21/ Thanksgiving
- Topic: Intro to Mfg
- Lecturer: Paul
- Reading:
- Homework:
- Week 10: Nov 28/30
- Topic: Concept Design, student presentations
- Lecturer: Ullman, Paul
- Reading:
- Homework:
- Finals Week Dec 4
- Student Presentations
Winter Term
- Week 1: Jan 2/4
- Topic: Sales Forecast
- Lecturer:
- Reading:
- Homework:
- Week 2: Jan 9/11
- Topic:Product Design
- Lecturer: Ullman
- Reading: Ullman 10,11
- Homework:
- Week 3: Jan 16/18
- Topic: Manufacturing methods
- Lecturer: Paul
- Reading:
- Homework:
- Week 4: Jan 23/25
- Topic: Product Design
- Lecturer: Ullman , Paul
- Reading: Ullman 12,13
- Homework:
- Week 5: Jan 30/Feb 1
- Topic: Manufacturing
- Lecturer: Paul
- Reading:
- Homework:
- Week 6: Feb 6/8
- Topic: Financial Analysis
- Lecturer:Gobeli, Moreland
- Reading:
- Homework:
- Week 7: Feb 13/15
- Topic: Financial Analysis
- Lecturer:
- Reading:
- Homework:
- Week 8: Feb 20/22
- Topic:Human resources
- Lecturer:
- Reading:
- Homework:
- Week 9: Feb 27/29
- Topic: Patents, sources of $
- Lecturer
- Reading:
- Homework:
- Week 10: Mar 6/8
- Topic:
- Lecturer
- Reading:
- Homework:
- Finals Week Mar 12
Note: readings should be done prior to class as it will be assumed that you
have some basic knowledge of what is in the material.
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