Product Development (5 cr)
Code: 5031126-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 29.09.2020 - 28.10.2020
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 29.10.2020 - 10.12.2020
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 4 cr
- Virtual portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 8 - 24
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
After a completed study unit the student:
- has a good command of the product development process as part of the operations of a business and understands the significance of product development as a prerequisite for the existence of a profitable business
- can devise a project plan for a successful product development process.
Content
- the role of product development in business operations
- product development process
- development project feasibility study
- product definition
- management of a product development project
- significance of industrial design
- creativity and methods of product development
- teamwork skills
- immaterial rights
- product profitability calculation, investment and financial planning
- risk management in product development
- significance of standardisation and modulation
- quality in product development activities
- environmental requirements.