2.009 Product Engineering Processes

Class and Lab Schedule (Syllabus)

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	class/event	assigned	due
Sep 4 Wed	2.009 Introduction Slides Failed prototype test	Lab section signup (absolutely, most definitely required! We do not use registrar section assignments) Design notebook Reading: Read chapters 1 and 2 in textbook (introduction and development processes)
Sep 6 Fri	Creativity and product theme Slides Creativity strategies cheat-sheet Group brainstorming tutorial Theme reveal video Tutorial: Idea Sketching 5-6 PM in room 3-370 Idea sketching by product designer Roger Zhu. All students welcome. This tutorial will be quite useful for the brainstorming assignment and sketching materials will be provided for participants.	Brainstorming Idea Fair (Monday September 9, 7 PM) For sketching help see the condensed online sketching tutorial, or the broader set of 2.009 online sketching tutorials.
Sep 7 Sat			Lab section signup due at 5 PM

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lab 1	Electing officers and opportunity ideation Week 1 lab instructions		Brainstorming
Sep 9 Mon	Teams Slides Team-building challenge roles Results from class: Team building challenge video! Tutorial: Slack 4-5 PM in room 3-370 to get you started using your team's project management site, and the 2.009 website. All students welcome. Workshop: Idea Fair 7-8 PM If you have a schedule conflict please be sure that your team has a member attending your assigned sessions. Idea fair logistics Presentations from the fair	3-Ideas presentation Project timesheet Reading: Running a meeting primer
Sep 11 Wed	Meetings and finding information Slides Treasure hunt instructions and resources Treasure hunt results	Treasure hunt (hunt instructions and resources)
Sep 12 Thu	Tutorial: Set your team up for success 7-7:45 PM in the Pappalardo Lab by Meta-yoda Grace Connors and communications instructor Juergen Schoenstein. How to be proactive and set your team up for success. Recommended for SIs, team yodas, and slack/site masters.		Treasure Hunt (due at noon) Treasure hunt results
Sep 13 Fri	Customer observation and estimation Slides Tutorial: Observing people 5-6 PM Room 3-333 by designer Meena Kothandaraman on observing people.	Observation exercise Reading: Read chapters 3 and 4 in textbook (opportunity identification and product planning)

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lab 2	Exploring opportunities and preparing for the 3-ideas presentation! Week 2 lab instructions		Observation exercise
Sep 16 Mon	3-idea presentation overview, and estimation challenge Slides Tutorial: Video log officer orientation 7 PM in the Pappalardo lab Equipment disbursement and initial instruction.
Sep 18 Wed	Sketch models Slides Sketch model primer: what's your question? What to make?	Sketch model review For additional pointers on sketch modeling techniques, please see the 2.009 sketch modeling tutorials and the designy resources for cardboard, foam core, and blue foam
Sep 19 Thu	Tutorial: Credit card training noon-1 PM in room 3-434 All financial officers must attend. If you have an irreconcilable conflict please contact Chevalley Duhart.
Sep 20 Fri	It's career day! No class Tutorial: Illustrator 4-6 PM in the Pappalardo Lab by Douglas Sanchez on using Illustrator to make posters. Some good pointers before your ideas poster preparation. Illustrator tutorial 4-5 PM, workshop/consultation 5-6 PM Note: Adobe creative cloud is available in the 2.009 computer area in Pappalardo lab.
Sep 22 Sun	Your section will be able to schedule plotter time in the Pappalardo lab. Your section is strongly encouraged to schedule a practice session with communication instructors.

	class/event	assigned	due
lab 3	From opportunity area to product concepts Week 3 lab instructions Sketch model primer: what's your questions and what to make?		Design notebook
Sep 23 Mon	3-idea presentation introduction Slides		3-Ideas presentation (due at 1 PM sharp) 3-idea presentation results, team idea sub-themes
Sep 25 Wed	Ideas feedback Slides Tutorial: Patent searching 5-6 PM in room 14N-132 on patent searching techniques	Reading: Read chapter 16 in textbook (patents)	Project timesheet for idea model phase, due by midnight
Sep 26 Thu	Tutorial: RFP training noon-1 PM in room 3-434 All financial officers must attend. If you have an irreconcilable conflict please contact Chevalley Duhart. Tutorial: User feedback and Usability (Part I) 5-6 PM in the Pappalardo Lab Why usability matters, and how to talk to strangers. This is relevant to assessing ideas in the sketch model phase. Tutorial: Intro to Micro-controllers 7:30-10 PM in the Pappalardo Lab by Steven Banzaert. A hands-on introduction to micro-controllers. Tutorial: Solidworks 7-8 PM in the Pappalardo Lab Feeling rusty as we head into a key solid modeling phase for 2.009? Here's a chance to warm up with Josh Ramos Tutorial: Yoda 101 7-8 PM in the Pappalardo Lab For all team yodas. With Meta-Yoda Grace Connors		Design notebook digital submissions due by 10 PM
Sep 27 Fri	Product teardown Slides Results from class: Teardown results and the teardown video References: Common types of plastics Identifying plastics Plastic prices Material costs by weight, 2019 Part costing guidelines (certs required)	Reading: Read chapter 4 (if you have not read it already) in textbook (product planning) Benchmarking case studies by David Meeker (certificates required): Erasure benchmarking study Costing case study

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lab 4	Preparing for the sketch model review Week 4 lab instructions		All team officer positions should be finalized
Sep 30 Mon	Build Challenge Build Slides Tutorial: Finding information 7-8 PM in 14N-132 Finding information for your product with course librarians. Useful for the sketch model review, and beyond. Those looking for information for the sketch model review should attend., At least one person from each section should attend.
Oct 1 Tues	Tutorial: SI communication workshop 5:15-6:45 PM in the Pappalardo Lab with the communication instructors. System integrators are encoutage to attend, and all other class members are welcome.
Oct 2 Wed	Sketch model review logistics No formal class in preparation for the sketch model review on Thursday evening
Oct 3 Thu	Sketch model review introduction Milestone: Sketch model review starts at 7:15 PM sharp in room 34-101 Review results: Sketch model results
Oct 4 Fri	Sketch model feedback and build challenge Slides Tips for successful projects (.pdf) Product value proposition risks in 2.009	Peer review 1 Mockup review Team review A Reading: Tips for successful projects	Project timesheet for sketch model phase, due by midnight

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lab 5	Identifying and resolving key risks Week 5 lab instructions	One-on-one yoda/meta yoda meetings: Yodas will arrange individual meetings with the metayoda this week.	Design notebook
Oct 7 Mon	Mockups and customer needs Slides	Reading: Read chapter 5 in textbook (customer needs)
Oct 9 Wed	Specifications Slides The homer Results from class: Specification exercise	Reading: Read chapter 6 in textbook (specifications)	Peer review 1 (due by 9 PM) Team review A (due by 9 PM)
Oct 10 Thu	Tutorial: User Empathy 7-8 PM in the Pappalardo lab by Meena Kothandaraman. How to truly empathize with your product's user and achieve human centric design.		Design notebook digital submissions due by 10 PM

Oct 11 Fri	Mockup review overview Slides Detailed mockup review logistics

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lab 6	Preparing for the mockup review Week 6 lab instructions
Oct 14 Mon	Columbus day and Canadian Thanksgiving!
Oct 15 Tue	Columbus day, part II Teams that meet on Tuesdays should arrange a makeup plan with their lab instructors
Oct 16 Wed	Mockup review logistics No formal class in preparation for the mockup review on Thursday evening
Oct 17 Thu	Mockup review introduction Milestone: Mockup review 7 PM in room 34-101
Oct 18 Fri	Mockup feedback, critique, and ethics Slides ASME code of ethics Results from class: The new Wallace	Peer review 2 Assembly model review Team code of ethics	Project timesheet for mockup phase, due by midnight. Team code of values (draft due at 9 PM. Yodas will have received an email explaining the process on Friday the 11th)

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lab 7	Making the decision! Week 7 lab instructions
Oct 21 Mon	Product Architecture Slides Tutorial: Moderating Design Disputes 7-8 PM in the Pappalardo Lab This is a tutorial for anyone interested in how to better handle making tough team decisions, such as your final product selection this week. Tutorial: Managing your team dynamics during your Decision 8-9 PM in the Pappalardo lab For yodas, SI’s, slack/sitemasters, information officers.	Technical Review Reading: Read chapter 10 in textbook (product architecture)	Team code of conduct (final version due by 5 PM) Peer review 2 (required, due by 5 PM)
Oct 22 Tue	Results: Team codes of conduct
Oct 23 Wed	Scheduling and time estimation Slides Results from class: Time estimation experiment	Reading: Read chapter 18 in textbook (managing projects)
Oct 24 Thu	Tutorial: Fastener Fundamentals 5:30-7 PM in the Pappalardo Lab Tutorial: Advanced Electronic Design Part A 7:30-10 PM in room 3-062
Oct 25 Fri	Design for assembly Slides Chicken Chart It's a family weekend. Yay!	Reading: Read chapter 11 in textbook (industrial design)

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lab 8	Clarifying the system vision, design details Week 8 lab instructions
Oct 28 Mon	Product form Slides Assembly review overview Tutorial: Product Naming 6-7 PM Pappalardo Lab by Beth Marcus Tutorial: Advanced Electronic Fabrication Part B 7:30PM 3-062
Oct 29 Tue			Assembly model (11 PM, digital files for red, green, blue and yellow teams) Results: Assembly review part 1
Oct 30 Wed	Boo! Assembly review introduction Milestone: Assembly review 1:05PM 10-250 Review results: Red, green, blue and yellow present
Oct 31 Thu			Assembly model (11 PM, digital files for pink, orange, purple, and silver teams) Results: Assembly review part 2
Nov 1 Fri	Milestone: Assembly review 1:05 PM 10-250 Review results: Pink, orange, purple, and silver present present Tutorial: Confident Speaking 3-5PM Rehearsal room A W16-033 Anna C Kohler. An effective confident speaker is more than just physically "there".
Nov 2 Sat			Project timesheet for assembly phase, due by midnight

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lab 9	Resolving design details and prototyping Week 9 lab instructions		Design notebook due by 10 PM Tool officers organize team area cleanup Yodas should arrange individual consultations with the meta yoda Grace Connors during this week.
Nov 4 Mon	Safety, technical review Slides Tutorial: User feedback and usability Part II 5 PM in the Pappalardo Lab Discussion of user feedback efforts to date, analysis, and refinement of techniques. Relevant to refining your design for the technical review phase.
Nov 6 Wed	Debugging Slides The faulty flashpot
Nov 7 Thu	Workshop: Workshopping current issues 10 PM Pappalardo Lab Workshopping current issues with Team Yodas and Meta-Yodas Consultation: Industrial Design Consultation Pappalardo Lab This consultation will help you resolve usability and vision for your product's embodiment. (see the detailed description for the schedule) Tutorial: Product Costing Part I 7 PM Pappalardo Lab on product costing by David Meeker. This will put you in position to have a good cost estimate for your final presentation. Consultation: Business Model "concept" Consultation Pappalardo Lab Business model concept consultation. Each team has 15 minutes scheduled for feedback.
Nov 8 Fri	Technical review logistics Slides Technical review logistics

	class/event	assigned	due
lab 10	Technical review, planning the rebuild Week 10 lab instructions		Yodas may arrange individual consultations with the meta yoda Grace Connors during this week.
Nov 11 Mon	Veterans day holiday: no class
Nov 13 Wed	No class due to evening presentation on Thursday
Nov 14 Thu	Milestone: Technical review 7 PM Review results: Technical review results
Nov 15 Fri	Updates, peer reviews, and team video Slides Technical review logistics 2018 final presentation compendium Tutorial: User Interface Design 5PM Pappalardo Lab on user interface design axioms by Juhan Sonin	Design review Final presentation Peer review 3 Team review B Reading: Read chapter 17 in textbook (product development economics)	Project timesheet for technical review, due by midnight Please schedule a time to meet with Professor Wallace on Friday, Monday, or Tuesday to discuss your presentation context and next steps.
Nov 16 Sat	Consultation: Logo Design Pappalardo Lab South Logo design consultations. Please see details for the schedule.

	class/event	assigned	due
lab 11	Design review, planning the rebuild, presentation designing Week 11 lab instructions		Design notebook due by 10 PM
Nov 18 Mon	No lecture: individual design reviews with teams A scheduling tool for your team's meeting will be posted Tutorial: Intellectual Property 7 PM in the Pappalardo Lab by Grace Lindsay of MIT's Technology Licensing Office (TLO).		Design review Peer review 3 (due by 9 PM) Team review B (due by 9 PM)
Nov 20 Wed	Presentation design Slides	Practice sessions
Nov 21 Thu	Tutorial: Product Story 7 PM in the Pappalardo Lab by Meena Kothandaraman. How to tell a product's story that rivets an audience. Tutorial: Workshopping current issues 6 PM in the Pappalardo Lab Workshopping current issues with Team Yodas and Meta-Yodas.
Nov 22 Fri	2.009 business case Slides Product costing/economics model

	class/event	assigned	due
lab 12	Redesigning, rebuilding, and presentation design Week 12 lab instructions Teams should arrange times to meet and keep things moving, but labs are optional this week.
Nov 25 Mon	Presentation concept and hardware consulting session Your team's schedule will be posted Tutorial: Product costing Part II 7PM in the Pappalardo Lab on product costing by David Meeker. The goal is to work on a cost estimate for your final prototype.
Nov 27 Wed	No class! Work or travel time
Nov 28 Thu	Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 29 Fri	It's Black Friday

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lab 13	The final push! Week 13 lab instructions
Dec 2 Mon	Our final lecture: Presenting data Slides Final presentation logistics Consultation: Business Model "numbers" Consultation See schedule Pappalardo Lab An opportunity for feedback on the business model numbers for your product. Consultation: Industrial Design Consultation II Pappalardo Lab by Jeremy VanHill and Micheal Miller. This second, late stage consultation will help you resolve final details of product's embodiment. (see the detailed description for the schedule) Tutorial: Technical Information for Diverse audience 7 PM in room 3-370 Learn how to communicate technical information in a way that inspires a broad audience, and conveys the thoughtfulness of your design work.
Dec 4 Wed	Consultation: Presentation drop-in hours 2-5 PM Pappalardo Lab Tutorial: When things go wrong 5:30-7 PM in the Pappalardo Lab on Everything Will Work, But Just In Case....
Dec 6 Fri	Work time! Consultation: Practice sessions 4:30-9:30 PM in room 3-370
Dec 8 Sun	Consultation: Practice sessions with communication instructors		Digital Brochure (due by 5 PM)

	class/event	assigned	due
lab 14	Wrapping up Week 14 lab instructions
Dec 9 Mon	No class due to evening presentations See the final presentation logistics Milestone: Final presentation Kresge Auditorium
Dec 11 Wed	Final presentation reflection Lab cleanup, course evaluation, and dinner Last day of classes!	Final peer review	Design notebook Project timesheet for final phase, due by midnight
Dec 13 Fri	Tutorial: How to start and run a design firm 4 PM in the Pappalardo lab by Juhan Sonin, lab instructor and founder of Goinvo		Final peer review (due by midnight)

	class/event	assigned	due
lab	All done. Labs, no more!
Dec 17 Tue		Final grades meeting for instructors at noon