MIT OpenCourseWare | Sloan School of Management | 15.783J Product Design and Development, Spring 2002

Reading assignments are given in the Class Schedule for each class session. You are expected to come to class prepared to discuss the readings and the suggested questions. Your individual class participation grade will be based upon your in-class remarks during discussions.


WEEK	CLASS	TOPIC	LECTURE NOTES


8/24	1	Introduction


		Product Planning and TRIZ Theory	(PDF) (TRIZ1) (INTRO TO TRIZ)


8/31	2	Identifying Customer Needs & Quality Function Deployment	(PDF) (QFD)


		Project Selection	Project Proposals Due


9/7	3	Product Specifications	(PDF)


9/7		Concept Generation	(PDF)


9/14	4	Industrial Design (and Optional Visual Expression Tutorial) Design for Manufacturing & Design to Cost	(PDF) (PDF) (DFM) (DTC)


9/21	5	Concept Selection	(PDF) Final Concept, Model, and Schedule Due


		Prototyping and Product Architecture	(PDF)


9/28	6	Faculty Project Consulting


		Peer Concept Review & Value Engineering w/34 min film "Introduction to Value Analysis/Value Engineering	(VE Lecture)


10/5	7	Product Development Economics	(PDF)


		Failure Modes and Effects Analysis - FMEA	(FMEA)


10/12	8	Robust Design	(PDF)


		Product Development Lab Time


10/19	9	Intellectual Property	(PDF) (PDF)


		Concept Testing	(PDF)


10/26	10	Braun Case Discussion


		Design for Environment	(PDF)


11/2	11	Organizing Concurrent Engineering	(PDF) (PDF)


11/16	13	Supply Chain Design


12/7		Final Exam


12/14		Final Project Presentations

University of Idaho - Idaho Falls, ID

PTTE 404/504 - Product Design and Development, Fall 2004