Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for
participation in the module
1st semester in Industrial Design Engineering at Architecture &
Design or similar
Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
The aim of the project module is to broaden the scope of design
engineering by scoping product development to an entire sector and
starting with ill-defined user needs as basis for market
development including choice and combination of organizations,
supply chain and business modeling needed to be integrated into a
focused complex product development process.
Students who complete the module:
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- Must be able to account for, evaluate and reflect on concrete
case-based knowledge of problems and possibilities for transforming
poorly-defined needs into strategies, concepts and specified
product proposals to be produced and distributed in a network
business structure
- Must be able to account for and reflect on the scientific
validity of the main experiments, tests, proposals and evaluations
affecting the decision-making in the design process, with special
focus on linking the ill-defined needs to all other aspects
- Must be able to account for the main critical issues in the
design proposal related to the business case, product design and
construction, supply chain setup, production capability and the
appropriate course of action to amend these
Skills
- Must be able to identify, research and specify design
opportunities and tasks in relation to a concrete sector including;
cultural, demographic, market, technological or environmental
themes
- Must be able to translate ill-defined needs into a market
description and a business model and plan for a product proposal,
including a proposal for most relevant organisational and value
chain structure
- Must be able to identify, design in detail and evaluate most
relevant production aspect or component construction in order to
most effectively support the value proposition of the business
case
- Must be able to plan, organise and carry out a rapid design
process and integrated product development while maintaining a high
degree of awareness on linking user needs to key characteristics
for proposed products, business model, plan and market
Competences
- Must show ability to combine a diversity of analytical and
creative tools and methods in an integrated process leading from
the identification of opportunities and needs to designing and
specifying a product family or product/service and its aesthetic
components to be implemented in a sector-based business
structure
- Must be able to clearly describe and communicate a solution
that is based on an advanced integration of business, design and
engineering
- Must be capable of developing, analysing, reflecting on and
discussing the integration of a holistic design approach with a
suitable business structure and plan
Type of instruction
See general description of the types of instruction described in
the introduction to Chapter 3.
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | Sector Product Development |
Type of exam | Oral exam based on a project |
ECTS | 15 |
Permitted aids | Without aids |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | External examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination
Policies and Procedures |