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II2500 Product Realization Processes II 7.5 credits

Processer för produktrealisering II

Product Realization Processes is a two part course with this course being the second part. The technical and operational aspects of complex system product realization, project processes and methods arecovered.  Students will acquire skills for working with and managing groups of technical contributors, and processes for the effective application of technology development in a business environment.  These include understanding and working with business components such as marketing, and management. Team based learning approaches are used in the course.  Students are formed in diverse groups as product development teams.  In addition to the design and development of a prototype product, student will also practice team building, cross skill collaboration and effective communication skills.

  • Educational level

    Second cycle

  • Academic level (A-D)

    D

  • Subject area

    Information and Communication Technology

  • Grade scale

    A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Course offerings

Spring 14 Master for programme students

Learning outcomes

Product Realization Processes is a two part course.  The first part covers processes, skills and technologies leading to the realization of ICT products intended for the commercial marketplace.  Students will become familiar with idea generation, product design, prototyping methods and the steps necessary to show that a potential product can be commercially viable.  In addition to the technical aspects of product realization, project processes and methods are also covered.  Students will acquire skills for working with and managing groups of technical contributors, and processes fort the effective application of technology development in a business environment.  These include understanding and working with business components such as marketing, and management. In the second part of the course, students will apply these skills in groups formed as product development teams.  In addition to the design and development of a prototype product, student will also practice team building, cross skill collaboration and effective communication skills.  Guest lecturer experts will be featured in several specialty areas.

  • •To demonstrate communication skills that satisfies the requirements of technical program management.  This includes analyzing and conveying technical as well as business content.
  • •To know how to measure and derive data, and by using this data analyze the progress of product realization.  To be able to deploy methods dealing with risk assessment, contingency planning, failure recovery and success measures.
  • •To independently and under realistic conditions complete a concrete bounded product development project.  To document this work in a systematic report that describes what has been done, and demonstrates the product development project in a way that is readable by others.
  • •To orally present this work using clear and complete presentation methods and tools.

Course main content

  • Idea generation, brainstorming processes and team consensus building
  • •Product visualization, modeling and prototyping techniques
  • •Consensus building outside the engineering team
  • •Business processes for product development
  • •Cost Analysis
  • •Customer analysis and marketing
  • •Technical project management
  • •Resource management of human, material, money and time
  • Effective communication
  • •Dealing with failure. Failure analysis, constructively moving forward
  • •Building on success for continued product  and group progress

Eligibility

120 university credits (hp) in engineering or natural sciences and documented proficiency in English corresponding to English A.

Prerequisites

II2300: Product Realization I.  Note that students from a wide range of techincal backgrounds or backgrounds in business related areas are welcome to take the course.

Literature

All readings and other literature will be provided during the course.

Examination

  • PROA - Project, 4.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • TENA - Examination, 3.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Requirements for final grade

Passed written exam TEN1: 3 hp, Grade A-F

Project PRO1: 4.5 hp, Grade A-F

Offered by

ICT/Communication: Services and Infrastructures

Contact

Mark T Smith (msmith@kth.se)

Examiner

Mark T Smith <msmith@kth.se>

Version

Course plan valid from: Spring 10.
Examination information valid from: Spring 11.