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MF2085 Innovation- and Product Development Processes 6.0 credits

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The purpose of this course is to make students familiar with process models and systematic working methods used in innovation and product development. The goal is also to provide a deeper understanding of how these models and working methods are used in a number of critical situations in innovation and product development. Examples of such critical situations are when an organization wants to improve both its efficiency and its ability to innovate, when the demands of the outside world change drastically or the value that a product company offers its customers contains both products and services and constitutes complex sociotechnical systems.

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Application

For course offering

Spring 2025 Start 14 Jan 2025 programme students

Application code

60756

Headings with content from the Course syllabus MF2085 (Spring 2022–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

  • different theories and frameworks for innovation and product development processes, such as NPD stage gate, agile development, design thinking, Lean start-up, circular economy
  • systematic methods that are used in different phases of innovation and product development processes, e g user involvement, creativity methods, analysis of product and service value, launch and sales of innovation
  • principles and tools for the analysis of innovation and product development processes
  • Integration mechanisms in innovation and product development processes, e g roles and functions, group dynamics, visualisation and management by objectives
  • Project work with a focus on evaluation and design of innovation and product development processes in an organisation

Intended learning outcomes

After passing the course, the students should be able to:

  • describe how theory related to innovation and product development processes have been developed over time
  • explain and compare what characterises different innovation and product development processes and how individuals and groups are influenced
  • use systematic methods that are used in different phases of the innovation and product development process
  • analyse advantages and disadvantages when it comes to use of different systematic methods in a number of critical situations in innovation and product development processes
  • analyse and design innovation and product development processes
  • evaluate innovation and product development processes in order to analyse the effects of different designs of innovation and product development processes
  • analyse critical integration mechanisms in innovation and product development processes and their usability for different purposes

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering or the equivalent.

Recommended prerequisites

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Equipment

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Literature

Will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

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

Examination

  • PROA - Project, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • SEMA - Seminars, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
  • TENA - Home exam, 1.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

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Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination

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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination

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Examiner

Profile picture Sofia Ritzén

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

ITM/Machine Design

Main field of study

Mechanical Engineering

Education cycle

Second cycle

Add-on studies

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Contact

Susanne Nilsson, suni@kth.se

Supplementary information

The course is available for exchange students with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering or corresponding.