Course syllabus

Project - Product Development and Innovation
Projekt - Produktutveckling och innovation

INNN25, 7.5 credits, A (Second Cycle)

Valid for: 2025/26
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering LTH
Decided by: PLED M
Date of Decision: 2025-04-24
Effective: 2025-05-05

General Information

Depth of study relative to the degree requirements: Second cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Elective for: BME5, M4, MD4
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English on demand

Aim

This course takes a student-centered pedagogic approach to innovation and product development. It focuses on the student's individual challenges and creates personalised learning goals. An individual project cultivates skill development tailored to each student's needs and intrest. In this course, the student is expected to be highly self-driven with some guidance from a supervisor from a relevant expert area.

This course aims to give students the possibility of studying more specialised topics within an area, in innovation or product development, that are not covered by their traditional courses. More specifically, this course allows students to deepen disciplinary expertise while offering flexibility for those who wish to integrate insights from other fields, enabling the creation of solutions for complex, real-world problems.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

be able to motivate the need of knowledge for a chosen field or topic of study to underpin a project plan
establish a plan for the student's learning process during the project
independently reflect and draw conclusions about what knowledge the student has acquired from the project

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

document the process and the findings/results in form of a written project report (if the project is carried out in cooperation with industry or within an ongoing research project, an oral presentation for the project owner is included).
justify the process and the findings of the project

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

reflect on the finding's usefulness and trustworthiness in relation to the purpose (or problem) of the study/project.

This project course emphasises breadth of knowledge of innovation and product development (including the fuzzy front-end of the product development process). It is carried out in an interdisciplinary environment. The student has access to expertise in various areas, such as methodology for product development, sustainability, additive manufacturing, product experiences, interaction design, innovation policies and strategies, innovation management, business models, design thinking, and entrepreneurship etc.

The project can be practical and/or theoretical in a subject of the student's choice. The project can be used as a pre-study for the student's degree project or part of a development project together with a company or research project.

For exchange students, this course opens up the opportunity to cover parts of courses that otherwise would not be possible for the student to participate in.

Examination details

Grading scale: TH - (U, 3, 4, 5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment:

The grading of this course is based on project documentation, where the student, in a clear manner, should report on both process and findings/results. Projects which are carried out in cooperation with industry and/or within ongoing research projects might require an oral presentation as well - this in addition to the written report.

The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.

Modules
Code: 0124. Name: Project.
Credits: 7.5. Grading scale: TH - (U, 3, 4, 5). Assessment: A written report describing the project

Admission

Admission requirements:

MMKF01 Product Development and Design Methodology or MMKF05 Product Development and Design Methodology or MMKN70 Development of Complex Technical Product Systems or MMKN35 Product Innovation or INTN01 Innovation Engineering or INNN15 Innovation Management

The number of participants is limited to: No
Kursen överlappar följande kurser: MMKN65

Reading list

Decided together with the examiner.

Contact

Project - Product Development and Innovation Projekt - Produktutveckling och innovation