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72404 Product Innovation
Danish title: Produktinnovation
Language: English Credit points: 5
Type: Open University
Language: English

Prerequisite: 72221. 72611.72614.72621 (eller andet PMP)
Recommended semester: 7th - 9th semester
Examination: Evaluation of report(s) (13-scale)
Contact person: Mogens Myrup Andreasen, Building 358, Tel. +45 4525 6258, email myrup@iks.dtu.dk, http://www.iks.dtu.dk/people/homepage/mma.htm
Tim McAloone, tlf. 4525 6270

Department: Department of Control and Engineering Design
Aim: To create an understanding of the activities of innovation and technical innovations. To create an understanding for establishing business and to compete, based upon innovation. To comprehend some innovation techniques and be able to create innovative technical solutions by their use.To use personal creativity.
Contents: The course treats the following dimensions of innovation:

- Technology, research, development, management of innovation.
- The company's technology platform, its innovation and development of competencies.
- Systematic innovation, systematic search, design methodology, Altschuller-method.
- Patents, licenses, copyright, inventions, product development.
- Knowledge systems, WWW, solution catalogues.
- Evaluation methods, Cooper's method, business, quality, feasibility.
- Organising systematical, goal oriented innovation.
- Industrial design, MMI-design, multidisciplinary innovation.
- Creativity, creativity training.
- Entrepreneurship, establishing a company's product assortment.

The exercise part of the course demands the creation of innovation ideas of their commercial potential, developed for evaluation and patent opportunities.