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Prototyping for Commercialisation (ENGR90050)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Parkville)
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Semester 2 (Extended)
November
Peter Cebon
Overview
Availability | Semester 2 (Extended) November |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Often prototyping is the best way to resolve unknown issues with an innovation idea. By building a version of the proposed solution, or an aspect of a version, innovators can learn a huge amount about the problem they are trying to solve. When we learn by doing, we discover things that we don’t even consider when we treat design as a purely analytical problem. Also, innovators can also learn a huge amount from potential users. Users have trouble judging something they have not experienced, so you need to give them a prototype to find out what they think, and to stimulate them to provide suggestions.
This subject addresses the practicalities of building prototypes on behalf of a project sponsor, and validating them with users. It focuses on four broad subject domains: (1) prototypes – working out what your prototype should test, designing it, building it, using it to conduct the test, and then iterating it (2) project management – managing a project without a deterministic outcome, where you go through three rounds of designing and building prototypes, using them to test key hypotheses, capturing your learnings, and then iterating the design, (3) sponsor management – bringing a project sponsor along on the journey with you so you respond to their needs and they recognise the validity and value of the prototypes you are building, but you complete the project within the available budget (particularly of your time), and (4) communication – not only will you develop skills to communicate in a way that helps you move the project forward, but you will also learn how to receive and respond to feedback, and how to design and facilitate a workshop of diverse stakeholders.
The subject has a limited amount of classroom time, and a lot of time working on your project, assisted by a project mentor, being a member of the Faculty, and other students in the subject. Depending on your project a technical mentor may also be required. After you have completed the three rounds of prototyping, each of which may involve one or more prototypes, you will design, facilitate, and write up a workshop in which you present your results and work with key stakeholders work to explore next steps for your project. You will complete the subject by writing a reflective essay about one key learning from your experience.
Please Note:
International Students already in Australia enrolled in a full-time course registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students will be able to enrol/complete the Graduate Certificate of Innovation Practice.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Recognise when prototyping is an appropriate strategy for an innovation problem, design and build an appropriate prototype, and use it test key design hypotheses
- Scope, plan and implement project activities to effectively manage a project with high levels of uncertainty, such as a prototyping project
- Manage conflicting demands from multiple stakeholders
- Effectively communicate complex ideas to and receive complex feedback from multiple audiences, and effectively facilitate the further development of those ideas through those audiences.
Generic skills
- Problem identification
- Problem solving
- Project management
- Stakeholder management
- Communication and development of complex ideas
Last updated: 10 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Candidates must be admitted to the Graduate Certificate of Innovation Practice (undergoing simultaneous approval).
In addition, completion of one subject from the following list, or an alternative subject, with approval of the subject coordinator. All subjects on the list are Human-Centred Design subjects. A human-centred design subject is one in which a design process is central to the curriculum and empathy with the user is central to that design process. The subject includes collecting and analysing data from potential users to understand their needs and/or how they will use the object being designed. Data may be collected by observation, interviewing, and/or analysis of "big data" datasets.
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ABPL90426 | Applied Design Thinking | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ABPL90427 | UX Design for Health and Wellbeing | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
BMEN30008 | Biosystems Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BMEN90030 | BioDesign Innovation | Year Long (On Campus - Parkville) |
50 |
BUSA90086 | Thinking like an Entrepreneur | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
BUSA90527 | Digital Product Management | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90529 | Building Entrepreneurial Ventures | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
COMP90018 | Mobile Computing Systems Programming | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENGM90016 | Engineering Management Capstone |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ENGR90026 | Engineering Entrepreneurship | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENGR90034 | Creating Innovative Engineering |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ENGR90039 | Creating Innovative Professionals |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
GEOM90007 | Information Visualisation | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
INFO90003 | Designing Novel Interactions | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INFO90004 | Evaluating the User Experience | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INFO90006 | Fieldwork for Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INFO90008 | HCI Research Project |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
INFO90010 | Technology Innovation Project | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
LAWS90193 | Design for Innovation | Not available in 2024 |
6.25 |
MCEN90050 | Human Centred Mechanical Design | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
MCEN90061 | Mechatronics Systems Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT90223 | Design Thinking | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
MGMT90224 | Garage Project | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
MGMT90230 | New Venture Creation: Initiation | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT90285 | Intrapreneurship: Initiation | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
MGMT90286 | New Venture Creation: Validation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT90287 | Indigenous Business Ecosystems | July (Online) |
12.5 |
MKTG90041 | Customer Experience Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
Non-allowed subjects
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 10 April 2024
Assessment
November
Description | Timing | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Project Plan (Group), 5 pages (1500 words).
| Week 1 | 5% |
2 x videos (group), up to 15 minutes each - presentation of work done in this phase. 7.5% each (15% in total).
| Week 4 and 9 | 15% |
2 x reports analysing work done in this phase (individual) . 1000-word report analysing effectiveness of work done in this phase and proposing action for the next phase. 17.5% each (35% total).
| Week 5 and Week 10 | 35% |
Presentation and facilitated discussion (group). Presentation of 15 minutes followed by a 75 minute discussion, designed and facilitated by team.
| Week 11 | 20% |
Handover Report (group) . This report is intended to document the work to ensure the sponsor has all relevant information. It is not a scholarly work. 15 pages excluding appendices.
| Week 11 | 10% |
Reflective essay (individual).
| Week 23 | 15% |
Semester 2 (Extended)
Description | Timing | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Project Plan (Group), 5 pages (1500 words).
| Week 1 | 5% |
2 x videos (group), up to 15 minutes each - presentation of work done in this phase. 7.5% each (15% in total).
| Week 6 and Week 11 | 15% |
2 x reports analysing work done in this phase (individual) . 1000-word report analysing effectiveness of work done in this phase and proposing action for the next phase. 17.5% each (35% total).
| Week 7 and Week 12 | 35% |
Presentation and facilitated discussion (group). Presentation of 15 minutes followed by a 75 minute discussion, designed and facilitated by team.
| Week 17 | 20% |
Handover Report (group) . This report is intended to document the work to ensure the sponsor has all relevant information. It is not a scholarly work. 15 pages excluding appendices.
| Week 18 | 10% |
Reflective essay (individual).
| Week 18 | 15% |
Additional details
Students are expected to contribute at least 300 hours towards the final project. The hours include contributions such as those towards group assessment tasks including presentations, project specific tasks such as development, testing and validation, and attendance of meetings. Team members are required to raise any concerns as soon as they arise.
Last updated: 10 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2 (Extended)
Coordinator Peter Cebon Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Classroom instruction – 16 hours (mainly delivered intensively in the first week). Meetings or workshops with project mentor, technical mentor (domain expert) (if needed), guest speakers, and other students – 38-50 hours. Total time commitment 400 hours Teaching period 15 July 2024 to 17 November 2024 Last self-enrol date 26 July 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 17 November 2024 Semester 2 (Extended) contact information
- November
Coordinator Peter Cebon Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Classroom instruction – 12 hours (mainly delivered intensively in the first week). Meetings or workshops with Innovation Mentor, technical mentor (domain expert)(if needed), guest speakers, and other students – 36-60 hours. Total time commitment 400 hours Teaching period 18 November 2024 to 15 February 2025 Last self-enrol date 6 December 2024 Census date 13 December 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 January 2025 Assessment period ends 23 February 2025 November contact information
Peter Cebon
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Last updated: 10 April 2024
Further information
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Last updated: 10 April 2024