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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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2011-2012: AD420-421/AD520-521/ECE396-397/ME444-445/MKTG594

Client: Coinstar, Inc.

Tuesday 2:00-5:00

UIC Innovation Center unless noted otherwise

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Date	Topics	Assignments	Handouts
Aug. 23	Introduction	Assignment 0: Various Administrative Tasks Assignment 1: Background Research Assignment 2a: Mktg. Skills Assignment 2b: Engineering Skills Assignment 2(c-e):ID Skills (2c 2d or 2e )	Syllabus Grading File Conventions Readings
Aug. 30	Visit to Coinstar: 1 Tower Lane Suite 900 Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 2:30 PM; Attire: Business Casual		Coinstar Presentation
Sep. 6	Research Techniques and Methodologies; Team Formation; Project Documentation	Assignment 3: Team Contract Assignment 4: Team Name and Logo Assignment 5: Project Documentation Assignment 6: Automated Retail	The PowerPoint slide template Slides on Competitive Analysis (Prof. Spanjol) Slides on Observational-Contextual Research (Prof. Melamed)
Sep. 13	Focusing Problem Statements; Market Segmentation; Creativity (Chris Barlow)	Assignment 7 (Engineers Only): Technology Research	Prof. Barlow’s Material on Cocreativity
Sep. 20	User Research Plans	Assignment 8: User Research Plan	Slides on Human Centered research (courtesy of Prof. Starr-Daniels) Directory of student team presentations on automated retail (PPT's are big, PDF's are small)
Sep. 27	Summarizing and Communicating Complex Ideas	Assignment 9: Midterm Presentation Deliverables	Presentation Guidelines
Oct. 4	Midterm Presentation Rehearsals
Oct. 11	Midterm Presentations		The Presentations
Oct. 18	Midterm Debrief		Useful glossary from PMBOK2000
Oct. 25	Team Building
Nov. 1	Intro to LSP (LEGO® Serious Play)	Assignment 10: Final Presentation Deliverables	Invitation to MBAA Event on Nov. 4
Nov. 8	Scenarios
Nov. 15	Working Session with Mentors
Nov. 22	Working Session with Faculty
Nov. 29	Final Presentations		The Presentations

Date	Topics	Assignments	Handouts
Jan. 10	Welcome to Spring Semester	Assignment 11: Midterm Presentation Deliverables	Syllabus
Jan. 17	Thinkubator (312 N. May)	Assignment 12: Organized List of 100+ Ideas
Jan. 24	Idea Screening; Benefits, Features, Specs	Assignment 13: Idea Screening	Slides on Benefits and Features
Jan. 31	Concept Cards, BOP's, DEU's	Assignment 14: Concept Cards Assignment 15: BOPS's and DEU's	Slides on Concept Cards
Feb. 7	Critiques in the Design Process; Concept Card Critiques;		Slides on Critiquing
Feb. 14	Quantitative Testing Using Concept Cards	Assignment 16: Quantitative Concept Testing	Slides on Concept Testing
Feb. 21	Design Reviews
Feb. 28	Midterm Presentations		The Presentations The Concept Card Book (PDF)
Mar. 6	Engineering Documentation; Final Deliverables	Assignment 17: Engineering Documentation Assignment 18: Final Deliverables	Design Deliverables Handout Slides on Engineering Specifications Example Task Sheet Slides on Project Management
Mar. 13	Marketing Plan; GUI’s	Assignment 19: Marketing Plan	Marketing Plan Slides Slides on GUI’s Slides on path dependencies Supplemental slides
Mar. 20	Spring Break
Mar. 27	Concept and Usability Testing
Apr. 3	Design Reviews
Apr. 10	Design Reviews
Apr. 17	Design Reviews
Apr. 24	Final Presentations