Group Design Project – B202
Academic year
2011/12
Learning outcomes
- Ability to identify and evaluate the key drivers for the design of a product including functionality, usability, environmental legislation, intellectual property and mass production.
- Ability to use and create feasibility reports and design reports for new products.
- Familiarity with good practices and common mistakes of working in small groups.
- Awareness of the diverse engineering disciplines required for developing commercial products.
Assessments
Group work, project management and product development are assessed through 3 coursework assignments to be completed by teams of 11 or 12 students:
- Feasibility reports are due March 18, 2012 and contribute 30% to the unit mark.
Teams will be required to pitch one feasible product concept during the March 19, 2012 lecture session.
- Design reports are due May 20, 2012 and contribute 30% to the unit mark.
Teams will be required to demonstrate product prototypes during the May 7, 2012 lecture session.
- Team journals are maintained during the entire semester and contribute 40% to the unit mark.
The next marking date for team journals is February 19, 2012.
Coursework must be submitted
using Mosaic.
The unit is 100% coursework assessment.
NOT being on a team is equivalent to failing due to non-submission.
Notes from class activities
- Sample Arduino sketches
- Examples of Arduino projects:
- Selection of videos about creativity, design and product development:
Suggested textbooks
- Alder, H. (2001). Say it with pictures. Oxford: How To Books. ISBN 1857037022.
Read online using Ebrary.
- Clark, K. (1999). Design rules: the power of modularity. Cambridge: MIT Press. ISBN 0262024667.
Read online using Ebrary.
- E. Dudley (Ed., 2000). Becoming designers. Bristol: Intellect Books. ISBN 1841500321.
Read online using Ebrary.
- Fletcher, A. (2001). The art of looking sideways. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 0714834491.
Publisher website.
- Kendrick, T. (2004). Project management tool kit : 100 tips and techniques for getting the job done right. New York: AMACOM. ISBN 0814408109.
Read online using Ebrary.
- Maeda, J. (2006). The laws of simplicity. Cambridge: The MIT Press. ISBN 0262134721.
Author website.
- Moggridge, B. (2006). Designing interactions. Cambridge: The MIT Press. ISBN 0262134748.
Read online using Ebrary.
- Thackara, J. (2005). In the bubble: designing in a complex world. Cambridge: The MIT Press. ISBN 0262201577.
Author website.
Study resources
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
RESEARCH SOURCES
- Commonly used sources which require University Novell login:
- CiteSeer
PATENTS SEARCH
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONTRACTS
DATA AND STATISTICS
WRITING
Unit lecturer
Please contact
Chi Nguyen with questions or suggestions.