Prototypes to Products

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introductions, Prototyping Levels, Present Projects, Match People to Teams
2	Project Management, Gantt Chart Schedules, Post-it Exercise	Homework 1 due
3	Where to Get Resources, What is Worth Spending Money on? Present and Discuss Gantt Charts	Homework 2 due
4	Consulting Time to Review Schedules	Homework 3 due
5	Project Management (Guest Speaker: Linda Plano)	Homework 4 part 1 due
6	Consulting with Guest Ben Linder: Pugh Charts, Selection Matrices	Homework 4 part 2 due
7	Case Study: Low Cost Irrigation (Guest Speaker: Sudarshun)
8	Consulting with Guest Ben Linder: Pugh Charts, Selection Matrices
9	Businesses, Networking, 50k Competition, Entrepreneurship (Guest Speaker: Joost Bonson)	Homework 4 part 3 due
10	Progress Reports, Fund Raising Opportunities and Techniques, IDEAS Contest/Generator Dinner in the Evening	Homework 4 part 4 due
11	Consulting; Bring Work to Class	Homework 5 due
12	Design for Manufacturing; Destroy a Videotape	Homework 6 due
13	Description and Requirements for M1 Design Review; Work on Presentations
14	Field Testing and Customer Surveys
15	M1 Design Review: Poster Session Presentations
16	Design Review Post-Mortem, S.W.O.T.
17	Consulting, Review Schedules; Bring Work to Class	Homework 7 due
18	International Relations (Guest Speaker: Chad Lewis)
19	Consulting Session; Bring Work to Class
20	Pot in a Pot Refrigeration (Guest Speaker: Mohammed Bah Abba)
21	Consulting; Review Schedules; Bring Work to Class	Updated schedule for final 3 weeks
22	Consulting Session; Bring Work to Class
23	Proposal Writing (Guest Speaker: Sally Susnowitz)
24	Presentation Dry Runs/Feedback
25	M2 Final Presentations; Guest Reviewers Present
26	Class Feedback and Celebration