• 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

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

There are a number of learning activities in this course that complement each other and also are intertwined. The major activities are the seminars and the project. 

The seminars are structured with shorter lectures or presentations and with room for discussions and reflections. Discussions can be formed around papers that the students have read before the seminar, organized as exercises or be held in dialogue with teachers or invited guests. There are a number of guest lecturers invited to the seminars, several of them from companies in Swedish industry. Seminars intend to share information an knowledge and induce students to reflect, the latter in order to learn during the course and also train a critical and reflective manner that is important in any engineering work. 

Students preparations before seminars are an important learning activity, i.e. prereading of assigned papers. Another individual learning activity is the Continuous Learning Assignments, that is assignments that form a continuous examination during the course. 

The project in the course is yet a major learning activity. It focuses on both gaining knowledge in the area but also on practicing analysis and synthesis in that processes in practice are critically analyzed and improvements are designed. 

Finally, the home exam is a learning activity where students practice their ability to analyze and reflect upon learnings. 

The table describes the modules and seminars that is included in the course. 

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Will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Students at KTH with a permanent disability can get support during studies from Funka:

Funka - compensatory support for students with disabilities

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

• 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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• 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.