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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