GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT/IE477
Course Title: PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Credits 3 ECTS 4
Course Semester 7 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  English
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Ability to identify customer needs, design concepts and prototyping skills
Ability to manage product design and development process.

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Introduction: Main characteristics of successful product. Who design and develop products? Product development duration and cost. The challenges of product development.
2. Week  Product Development Process and Organization: Generic product development process. Concept Development- the front-end. Adapting the generic product development process. Product development organization.
3. Week  Product Planning: Product planning process-(a) identifying opportunities. (b) evaluate and prioritize projects (c) allocate resources and plan timing (d) pre-project planning.
4. Week   Identifying Customer Needs: Gathering and interpreting customer needs. Organizing needs into a hierarchy. Establish the relative importance of needs.
5. Week  Product Specifications: What are the specifications and when are specifications established? Establishing target specifications. Setting the final specifications.
6. Week  Concept Generation: Clarify the problem. Search externally. Search internally. Explore systematically.
7. Week  Concept Selection: Concept screening and scoring methods.
8. Week  Concept Testing: Define the purpose. Chose a survey population. Choose a survey format. Communicate the concept. Measure customer response and interpret the results.
9. Week   Product Architecture: Modular design. Types of modularity. Factors affecting modularity. Establishing the product architecture. Product platform. Delayed differentiation.
10. Week  Industrial Design: Assessing the needs for industrial design. Industrial design process. Management of industrial design process. Assessing the quality of industrial design
11. Week  Midterm
12. Week  Prototyping: Types of prototypes. What are prototypes used for? Prototyping technologies. Prototyping process.
13. Week   Product Development Economics: Qualitative and quantitative analysis. Why and when should economic analysis be performed? The process of economic analysis.
14. Week  Project Management: Project planning (the contract book, project task list, team staffing and organization, project scheduling, project budget, project risk plan). Project Execution (coordination mechanism, assessing the project status, corrective actions).
15. Week   Project Management: Project planning (the contract book, project task list, team staffing and organization, project scheduling, project budget, project risk plan). Project Execution (coordination mechanism, assessing the project status, corrective actions).
16. Week   Special Topics: Design for manufacturing. Robust design. Patent search.
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
50
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
70
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
30
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
5
2
10
 Material Design and Implementation
5
3
15
 Report Preparing
4
4
16
 Preparing a Presentation
3
2
6
 Presentation
2
2
4
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
3
6
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
2
3
6
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
105
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4.2
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering subjects pertaining to the relevant discipline; ability to use theoretical and applied knowledge in these areas in complex engineering problems.X
2Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; ability to select and apply proper analysis and modeling methods for this purposeX
3Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way as to meet the desired result; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose...X
4Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for analyzing and solving complex problems encountered in engineering practice; ability to employ information technologies effectivelyX
5Ability to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyze and interpret results for investigating complex engineering problems or discipline specific research questionsX
6Ability to work efficiently in intradisciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individuallyX
7Ability to communicate effectively in Turkish, both orally and in writing knowledge of a minimum of one foreign language; ability to write effective reports and comprehend written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear and intelligible instructionsX
8Recognition of the need for lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to continue to educate him/herselfX
9Consciousness to behave according to ethical principles and professional and ethical responsibility; knowledge on standards used in engineering practice .X
10Knowledge about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; awareness in entrepreneurship, innovation; knowledge about sustainable developmentX
11Knowledge about the global and social effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety, and contemporary issues of the century reflected into the field of engineering; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions .X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
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 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
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 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
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