Product Development (5cr)
Course unit code: 5K00BG82
General information
- Credits
 - 5 cr
 
Objectives
Student knows the principals of systematic product development  process, engineering methods  and tools. Student understand the meaning of innovation and  generating ideas in developing products. Student is familiar with meaning of product configuration, product concept, industrial design,  ergonomic, principals of design methods  in machine design and in launching competitive products to markets. Student is able to work in product development projects and can create simple project plans. Student knows main ideas of how to protect design rights. Student knows the requirements of machine directives concern entire product life cycle and knows how to define aspects which determine that  the products  and structures that are safe and easy to use .
                    
Content
Systematic product development  process and marketing. Innovation,  generating new ideas, creativity, product design, product development, configuration, product concepts, industrial design, testing, prototypes, rapid prototyping, management of product development projects, design rights protection, product life cycle, quality, DFM, DFA, DFX.
                    
Prerequisites
Student has basic skills of machine design engineering
                    
Further information
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