ver:
23-Nov-2009
(Schedule will change, check back often)
Fall Semester 2009
Class meetings in CSOM 1-135 |
| Mondays
(8:00-9:30 AM) |
Wednesdays
(8:00-9:30 AM) |
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09/09 |
Course Introduction
Project descriptions, confidentiality agreements
Read: Chaps 1-8 of Ulrich and Eppinger
[Brkfst: course] |
| 09/14 |
New Product Development Process (Durfee) (lecture notes)
Due: Resume (to Erdman and Webmaster)
Due: Project Preferences (to Erdman)
Due: C&IP Form, 6 copies (to folders)
[Brkfst: course]
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09/16 |
Meet with your team (all faculty)
Management of a NPDBD project (Adams) (lecture
notes)
Financial Returns (Rao) (lecture
notes)
Read: Chaps 9-16 of Ulrich and Eppinger
[Brkfst: course]
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| 09/21 |
Kickoff Meetings (today or Wednesday)
- Best Buy - Date/Time/Location TBA
- GT Urological - Date/Time/Location TBA
- VivoSense - Date/Time/Location TBA
Due: Team Startup Activities |
09/24 |
Kickoff Meetings
Due: Team Web Site (email
URL to Durfee) |
| 09/28 |
Market Research Methods (Susan Kimmel) (lecture
notes)
Read: pp 56-61 of Ulrich and Eppinger
Due: Mission Statement
(deliver to Adams)
Due: Project Management
Plan (deliver to Adams)
[Brkfst: VivoSense] |
09/30 |
"Ethnographic VOC Methods", Dan Titcomb, Pulse Innovations
Review: pp 61-68 of Ulrich and Eppinger
Due: To be determined
[Brkfst: Tennant] |
| 10/05 |
Market Research Methods II (Susan Kimmel)
[Brkfst: Medtronic] |
10/07 |
Team Presentations:
"Project Analysis Presentation"
Teams: Best Buy, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, VivoSense
Due: Project Analysis (deliver to Rao)
[Brkfst: GT Urological] |
| 10/12 |
Team Presentations:
"Project Analysis Presentation"
Teams: Medtronic, Tennant, GT Urological
[Brkfst: Ethicon Endo-Surgery] |
10/14 |
Team Meeting |
| 10/19 |
Ideation (Windorski)
Due: VOC-1 Customer Needs (deliver
to TBA)
[Brkfst: Best Buy] |
10/21 |
Sketching for Product Designers (Durfee)
Due: RP Model (bring to
class)
[Brkfst: VivoSense] |
| 10/26 |
Patent Searching (Erdman)
Due: Target Market (deliver to TBA)
Due: Schedule mid-project
review (deliver to webmaster)
[Brkfst: Tennant] |
10/28 |
Team Meeting |
| 11/02 |
Prototyping for Product Designers (Durfee)
Due: Persona (deliver
to Durfee)
[Brkfst: Medtronic] |
11/04 |
Team Meeting |
| 11/09 |
Financial Feasibility (Tim Nantell)
Due: Patent Search (deliver
to Erdman)
Due: Concept Rendering 60s/team (to Durfee)
[Brkfst: GT Urological] |
11/11 |
Team Meeting |
| 11/16 |
Financial Feasibility (Rao)
Due: Product Specifications (deliver to Iaizzo)
[Brkfst: Ethicon Endo-Surgery] |
11/18 |
Team Meeting |
| 11/23 |
Team Presentations:
"Prototype demo"
Teams: Best Buy, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, GT Urological, Medtronic, Tennant, VivoSense
Due: Prototype (bring to class)
Due: Product Datasheet (deliver to Durfee)
Due: Product Summary (deliver to Adams)
Due: Revised Mission Statement (deliver to Adams)
[Brkfst: Best Buy] |
11/25 |
Team Meeting |
| 11/30 |
Presenting Your Product/Idea to a Potential
Partner (Tim Laske, Senior Director at Medtronic)
[Brkfst: VivoSense]
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12/02 |
Team Meeting |
| 12/07 |
Team Presentations:
"Condensed Mid-Project Review" (Observation by Syverson)
Teams: Best Buy, GT Urological, Medtronic
Due: VOC-2 Concept Reactions (deliver
to TBA),
[Brkfst: Tennant] |
12/09 |
Team Presentations:
"Condensed Mid-Project Review" (Observation by Syverson)
Teams: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Tennant, VivoSense
[Brkfst: Medtronic] |
| 12/14 |
Professional Presentations (JoAnn Syverson,
CSOM)
[Brkfst: GT Urological] |
12/16 |
Mid-Project Reviews
(this week or exam week)
Due: Peer Evaluations |
| 12/21 |
Mid-Project Reviews
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12/23 |
Mid-Project Reviews |
| Last day of classes: 12/16, Exam Period: 12/16-23. Project reviews
occur during last week of classes or during exam week. Mid-project
report and Preliminary
prototype due at the Project Review. |
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Project Reviews:
| Best Buy: |
Tuesday, December 15 at 12:30pm
Best Buy Corporate Campus in Richfield
Meet in front lobby |
| Medtronic: |
Wednesday, December 16th at 8:30am to 10am
at Medtronic Mounds View Campus |
| GT Urological: |
Thursday, December 17th at 9:00am
in CSOM, Room TBA |
| Tennant: |
Friday, December 18th at 8:00am
at Tennant HQ in Golden Valley |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery: |
Monday, December 21st at 11:00am to 1:00pm
in Mechanical Engineering, Room 4125B |
| VivoSense: |
Monday, December 21st at 2:00pm to 4:00pm
at VivoSense lab in Minnetonka
6121 Baker Rd. 55345 Suite 103 |
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Spring Semester 2010
Class meetings in TBA |
| Mondays
(8:00-9:30 AM) |
Wednesdays
(8:00-9:30 AM) |
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01/20 |
Team Meeting |
| 1/25 |
Team Presentations
: Lessons learned - Major issues to address
- Best Buy
- Ethicon Endo-Surgery
- GT Urological
- Medtronic
- Tennant
- VivoSense
Due: revised Project Management
Plan (deliver to Adams)
[Brkfst: Ethicon Endo-Surgery] |
01/27 |
Team Meeting
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| 02/01 |
Developing Medical Products (Iaizzo)
[Brkfst: Best Buy] |
02/03 |
Team Meeting |
| 02/08 |
Design for Manufacturing (Erdman)
[Brkfst: VivoSense] |
02/10 |
Team Meeting |
| 02/15 |
Business Plans (Carl Adams)
Due: revised Product Summary
(deliver to Durfee)
[Brkfst: Tennant] |
02/17 |
Team Meeting |
| 02/22 |
Intellectual Property (S James and D Tysver; Beck
and Tysver)
[Brkfst: Medtronic] |
02/24 |
Team Meeting |
| 03/01 |
Industrial Design (D. Gelfman, redgroup)
Due: Assessment of Financial Feasibility (deliver to Rao)
[Brkfst: GT Urological] |
03/03 |
Team Meeting |
| 03/08 |
Product Liability (Peter Goss, Faegre and Benson)
Due: revised Mission Statement
(deliver to Iaizzo)
[Brkfst: Ethicon Endo-Surgery] |
03/10 |
Team Meeting |
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Spring break: 03/15-19
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| 03/22 |
Team presentations : "Prototype Demos"
Teams: Best Buy, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, GT Urological, Medtronic, Tennant, VivoSense
Due: Manufacturing Plan (deliver to Iaizzo)
Due: Elevator Story (deliver to Durfee)
Due: Prototype (show in class)
[Brkfst: Best Buy] |
03/24 |
Team Meeting |
| 03/29 |
Review of Projects' Financial Feasibility (Rao)
Due: revised Product Datasheet (deliver to Hammer)
Due: VOC-3 Prototype Reactions (deliver to Nord)
Due: Schedule final project review (deliver to webmaster)
[Brkfst: VivoSense]
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03/31 |
Team Meeting |
| 04/05 |
Open
[Brkfst: Tennant] |
04/07 |
Team Meeting |
| 04/12 |
Team Presentations: Revised Project Financial Analysis
Due: Patent Application (deliver to Erdman)
Due: final Product Summary (deliver to Adams)
[Brkfst: Medtronic] |
04/14 |
Team Meeting |
| 04/19 |
No class, work on presentations
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04/21 |
Team Meeting |
| 04/26 |
Team Presentations:
"Condensed final presentation"
Teams: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Medtronic, VivoSense
[Brkfst: GT Urological] |
04/28 |
Team Presentations:
"Condensed final presentation"
Teams: Best Buy, GT Urological, Tennant
[Brkfst: Ethicon Endo-Surgery] |
| 05/03 |
Final Project Reviews (this week or exam week) |
05/05 |
Final Project Reviews |
| 05/10 |
Final Project Reviews |
05/12 |
Final Project Reviews
Due: Peer Evaluations |
| Last day of classes: 05/07, Exam Period: 05/03-12.
Project Reviews occur
during last week of class or during exam week. Final
report and the Final Prototoype
due at the Project Review. Wrap-Up Tasks
due 05/12. |
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Project Reviews:
| Best Buy: |
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| Ethicon Endo-Surgery: |
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| GT Urological: |
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| Medtronic: |
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| Tennant: |
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| VivoSense: |
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