This module is intended for first- and second-year engineering students in any discipline. It summarises the product development process (PDP), which is the overall process by which products come into existence, and within which engineering design occurs. Materials are provided in Word and PDF formats. A MS [Power point] presentation with key figures from the module, suitable for use by instructors in lecture settings is also available.
The target audience of this module includes students taking introductory courses in design, and students interested in a summary overview of the PDP. The module provides a very general introduction to product development processes and the role of engineering design therein. It is meant to lead into more detailed modules on specific topics. Topics introduced in this module include: definitions of design, stages and gates, concurrent engineering, teamwork and collaboration, technical communications, usability and user-centred design, product lifecycle, end of product life. Furthermore, the process of designing as part of product development is introduced, including: project initialisation, problem analysis, ideation, conceptual design and evaluation, systems design, recursion to subsystems, and detailed design.
[Description and screenshot taken from the wiki page for this module. Materials are used under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.]
Link: http://deseng.ryerson.ca/xiki/Dcl/Main:Product_development_processes_overviewAuthor: F. A. Salustri; D. Proulx
Publication Date: 2005-08-26
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Rights: Copyright 2011 Canadian Design Engineering Network, content on this site is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Licence.
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