Product Development (7 cr)
Code: 5000BL69-3005
General information
Enrollment
01.12.2021 - 19.01.2022
Timing
10.01.2022 - 30.04.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Engineering and Business
Campus
Kupittaa Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
- English
Seats
100 - 140
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Information and Communications Technology
Teachers
- Juha Saarinen
- Mauri Suhonen
- Jetro Vesti
- Jussi Hurri
- Leena Mattila
- Marika Säisä
Groups
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PTIVIS21D
-
PTIVIS21C
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PTIVIS21B
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PTIVIS21A
Objective
After completing the course the student can:
- describe and perform product development process steps
- create a project plan - act as a member of a project group
- perform technical problem solving in small groups
- plan, design and document simple programs
- write reports and design promotional materials
- utilize an e-learning platform.
Content
- Planning, implementing and documenting an R&D project
- Life cycle of a product
- Safety at electrical work
- Basic programming (iteration, selection, parallelism)
- Documentation of a program
- E-learning platform
- Office programs, tools for project planning and management
- Team working
Materials
Network material in Itslearning.
Teaching methods
lessons, tasks, independent studying, teamwork, project work
International connections
During the course, the students study the basic skills of product development. The students work in groups and produce a new computer game. The student groups make a project plan, marketing plan and testing plan during the course for their groups' own project. Furthermore, the groups have to track their hours for the whole course. The course culminates in a competition taking place in April where company representatives will evaluate the quality of the student products.
After completing the course the student can:
- describe and perform product development process steps
- create a project plan
- act as a member of a project group
- perform technical problem solving in small groups
- plan, design and document simple programs/products
- write reports and design promotional materials
- taking into account patents, laws and intellectual property rights relating to various products
- utilize an e-learning platform.
Student workload
Lessons 60 h
Independent studying, making and presenting groups' optional project 130 h
Content scheduling
January–April 2022
• 1/2022 - 4/2022: Different tasks of product development.
• 1/2022 - 4/2022: Groups' optional project in which the planning and implementation and reporting are included
• 4/2022: Demo Day in the ICT-City.
Further information
The laptop is needed during the course.
Evaluation scale
H-5
Assessment methods and criteria
• Weekly tasks
• Final report
• Working hours. (peer review)
• Success in the Demo Day.
The weight value of all these has been informed in the Assessment form of the group