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Three IPD's for 2012-13

In 2013-14 the IPD course will once again offer three sections. Three engineering departments will participate: ECE, MIE, and Bioengineering.
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2008-2009: AD420-421/ME444-445/MKTG594

Client: Motorola, Inc.

Tuesday 3:00-5:30

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Date	Topics	Assignments	Handouts
Aug. 26	Introduction	Assignment 1: Background Research Assignment 2a: Mktg. Skills Assignment 2b: MIE Skills Assignment 2(c-e):ID Skills (2c 2d or 2e )	Syllabus Grading File Conventions Readings A Directory of Photos
Sep. 2	Visit to Motorola, 233 N. Michigan		Graphic Capture of Post-It Notes The Presentation by Motorola
Sep. 9	Background, User, Visioning Research; Team Formation	Assignment 3: Project Documentation Assignment 4a: Mood Board (for individuals) Assignment 4b: Cultural Mining (for teams in class next week) Assignment 6: Team Name and Logo Assignment 7: Ongoing Product Documentation: See Handout	Reading on Project Documentation The Problem Statements Prof. Tunstall's slides on Research A Directory of Photos
Sep. 16	Project Management		Advance reading: The Quickstart handout from Cocreativity The slides on VOC Research The slides on Project Management A sample task list. A Directory of Photos
Sep. 23	Thinkubator, 312 N. May St., Suite 6A	Assignment 8: Prepare for Team-building exercise	A Directory of Photos
Sep. 30	Team Building	Assignment 9: Report on Team-building for Rob Cooke	Advance resources for the exercise (glossary) A Directory of Photos
Oct. 7	Mid-term Presentation Preparation	Assignment 10: Midterm Deliverables	Nancy Kotzian's slides about making presentations
Oct. 14	Dry run presentations
Oct. 21	Mid-term presentations to Motorola Management		A Directory with the Presentations A Directory of Photos
Oct. 28	Mid-term Debrief; Focus Groups	Assignment 11: Moderator's Guide	A sample moderator's guide
Nov. 4	Creativity and Ideation; Election Day!
Nov. 11	Ideation and Storyboarding
Nov. 18	Ideation for Depth and Quality; Idea Screening
Nov. 25	Preview of Spring Semester
Dec. 2	Final Presentations at Motorola		A Directory with the Presentations A Directory of Photos
Jan. 13	Beginning of Spring Semester	Assignment 12: Project Documentation Assignment 13: Concept Screening	Spring Syllabus Creativity Session Guidelines Reading on Project Documentation
Jan. 20	Concept Cards	Assignment 14: Concept Cards Assignment 15: Behavioral Observational Prototypes Assignment 16: Moderator's Guide 2	A sample moderator's guide
Jan. 27	Concept Cards Review		Example Concept Cards from Past Years
Feb. 3	Benefits/ Features/ Specifications	Assignment 17: Benefits Features Specifications Assignment 18: Midterm Deliverables	Focus Group Instructions for Students Slides on Benefits/Features/Specs Example BFS Charts from Past Years
Feb. 10	Quantitative Testing	Assignment 19: Quantitative Testing
Feb. 17	Marketing Plans	Assignment 20: Marketing Plan
Feb. 24	IC Shop and Rapid Prototyping
Mar. 3	Midterm Presentations at the IC		A Directory with the Presentations
Mar. 10	Design Reviews
Mar. 17	Final Deliverables	Assignment 21: Final Deliverables
Mar. 24	Spring Break
Mar. 31	Guest Lecturer John Anderson Motorola Marketing
Apr. 7	Design Reviews
Apr. 14	Design Reviews
Apr. 21	Design Reviews
Apr. 28	Dec. 2	Final Presentations at Motorola	A Directory with the Presentations A Directory of Photos