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Class Schedule, 2009-2010

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) 
    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]

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]

Friday 9/18

Medtronic Kickoff Meeting
7am at Medtronic Mounds View Campus



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]
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
 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.

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

 

Spring Semester 2010
Class meetings in TBA
Mondays (8:00-9:30 AM)  Wednesdays (8:00-9:30 AM) 
    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
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
Spring break: 03/15-19
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]

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

 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.

Project Reviews:

Best Buy:  
Ethicon Endo-Surgery:  
GT Urological:  
Medtronic:  
Tennant:  
VivoSense:  

 

  1. Team meeting rooms will be determined and are on-campus.
  2. Lectures start promptly at the given time.
  3. Students are expected to prepare for the lectures by doing relevant (assigned or not) readings in advance and come to class ready to participate. If lectures list a lecture prep link, do the work before the lecture.
  4. "Team Presentations" means 2-3 students from each team make a formal presentation on the stated topic.
  5. All items listed as "Due" are deliverables that are due at the begining of class on the day listed. Click on the link for a description of the deliverable. Delivery of an item that is due generally consists of posting one copy on the team web site, delivering one paper copy to class and delivering one paper or email copy to the company liaison.
  6. The schedule will change. The version on the web is always the most current.
 
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