Industrial Engineering and Management BA (C), Project Based Product Development, 15 credits
Syllabus:
Industriell organisation och ekonomi GR (C), Projektbaserad produktutveckling, 15 hp
Industrial Engineering and Management BA (C), Project Based Product Development, 15 credits
General data
- Code: IG044G
- Subject/Main field: Industrial Engineering and Management alt. Computer Engineering
- Cycle: First cycle
- Progression: (C)
- Credits: 15
- Progressive specialization: G2F - First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
- Education area: Teknik 100%
- Answerable faculty: Faculty of Science, Technology and Media
- Answerable department: Communication, Quality Management, and Information Systems
- Approved: 2018-06-11
- Date of change: 2023-01-09
- Version valid from: 2023-07-01
Aim
The student will have training in, in a group with different competencies, developing a value-creating product based on a problem description, and training in participating in a project. The project work will take place primarily based on assignments from external constituents. This means that the student will get used to cooperating with representatives from the industry and with students with other competencies.
Course objectives
The students shall be able to:
- in cooperation with others identify the need of products and services
- in cooperation with others suggest products and develop services based on users' preconditions and needs
- participate in requirements capturing and in the formulation of requirement specifications
- follow a motivated project management model
- plan and participate in a project within given time frames
- understand something about the possibilities and limitations of technology
- present the product in speech and writing
- apply knowledge from previous courses in the discipline
- make some ethical considerations
Content
Requirements analysis, problem identification, search for creative solutions, competitor and market analyses, information gathering
Project planning
Choice of development tools
Development of requirements specifications
Development of user tests
Production of for the project relevant economic analyses
Documentation and presentation
Entry requirements
At least two years studies on a university level (or the equivalence of 100 credits), and of these 40 credits in the main discipline, alternatively business management and organization or information systems.
Selection rules and procedures
The selection process is in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance and the local order of admission.
Teaching form
The student will work in a project team which will be supervised by an external supervisor, and by an advisor appointed by the university. Open seminars will be given regularly during the course and the course will be ended with a presentation of the product / service in a final seminar.
Examination form
P101: Project Run-up, 1.5 Credits
Grade scale: Fail (U) or Pass (G)
P201: Project run-up, examined in group, 3 Credits
Grade scale: Fail (U) or Pass (G)
P301: Project, 4.5 Credits
Grade scale: Fail (U) or Pass (G)
P401: Project, examined in group, 6 Credits
Grade scale: Fail (U) or Pass (G)
*) Replacement assignment is in the form of a written assignment
Grading criteria for the subject can be found at www.miun.se/gradingcriteria.
The examiner has the right to offer alternative examination arrangements to students who have been granted the right to special support by Mid Sweden University’s disabilities adviser.
Grading system
Fail (U) or Pass (G)