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Available in 2012

Callaghan CampusSemester 1

Previously offered in 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009

Students are exposed to the special difficulties of scheduling work involving innovation. Project management tools are applied to the development process and are employed to manage the design of a complex product involving significant innovation. This course is the culmination of all previous coursework with a focus on product innovation.

Objectives
This course builds on the students' ability to generate balanced solutions to established Industrial Design problems. As a result of completing this course a student will be able to:
" Devise a strategy for minimising the number of unknowns in innovative concept.
" Develop a technique for assigning time budgets to the development of solutions unknown aspects of a concept.
" Employ a range of research methods, experimentation and testing to resolve unknown aspects of a design concept.
" Engage with the need to consider potential social, environmental and ethical consequences of a design innovation.
Content
Develop an innovative product
Design Strategies to support innovation
Design Ethics
Design Research
Replacing Course(s)
NA
Transition
NA
Industrial Experience
0
Assumed Knowledge
Not applicable
Modes of Delivery
Internal Mode
Teaching Methods
Self Directed Learning
Student Projects
Workshop
Assessment Items
Presentations - Individual
Projects
Design Project
Contact Hours
Studio: for 6 hour(s) per Week for Full Term

Timetables