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 were due March 25, 2012 and contributed 30% to the unit mark.
Teams were required to pitch one feasible product concept on March 26, 2012.
- Design reports are due May 20, 2012 and contribute 30% to the unit mark.
Teams were required to demonstrate product prototypes on May 11, 2012.
- Team journals are maintained during the entire semester and contribute 40% to the unit mark.
The next marking date for team journals is May 22, 2012.
Use this link to find your Mosaic login. 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
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.
