CESYS 503 - Exploring the Design Space and Optimizing the Design

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Cornell University

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In Exploring the Design Space and Optimizing the Design, learn to view your concept from many different angles, examine the requirements and components of your concept in greater detail, and how to transition successfully from raw concept to polished design. You'll learn how to avoid the pitfalls of rushing the process and neglecting to examine your concept from all angles. In this course, you'll examine competitor products in depth, collaborating with customer experts, and performing relevant patent searches-all of which will take your design one step closer to market. Once you've learned how to explore the design space and optimize the design properly, you'll be prepared to turn a concept into a market-ready solution. Managers will learn how to answer future customer queries about the product, and how to anticipate sales and marketing angles. Engineers and other technical employees will learn how to get the most value out of their designs, and how to prepare concepts for the next stages of design. Who Should Take This Course Anyone whose job involves developing, marketing, or managing products or services should take this course. Engineers and other technical specialists will learn how to best apply their talents, and marketers and managers will gain a deep understanding of the origins and impact of customer behavior. Course Format This course contains the following modules: Explore the Design Space Reasons to Explore Discover and Organize Concepts Clarify the Problem and Decompose Functions Brainstorm and Research Organize, Prune and Expand Concept Fragments Combine Concepts to Create Solutions Generate Integrated Concepts List Subsystems Optimize Design Choices Tradeoff Analysis Optimize Parameters and Define the Product Family Benefits to Learner Learners who complete this course will be able to: Explain the reasons for exploring a broad design space Discover and organize concepts relevant to a design problem Generate integrated design solutions from initial concepts that satisfy the product mission Use a trade study (tradeoff analysis) technique to optimize design choices Avoid the trap of going with a first idea or a one-shot product Use Six Sigma problem-solving Develop a product platform business strategy Gain the confidence to lead and manage a development team Make decisions that lead to balanced designs Avoid the pitfalls of poor team dynamics Certificate Information This course can be applied to the following certificates: A Systems Approach to Product and Service Design Sponsoring School Cornell University's College of Engineering

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.cornell.edu

Phone Number:

(607) 255-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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