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Course syllabus - Project Management in Innovation and Design
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
ITE419
Valid from
Autumn semester 2017
Education level
Second cycle
Progressive Specialisation
A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements).
Main area(s)
Innovation and Design
School
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
Ratified
2017-01-31
Status
This syllabus is not current and will not be given any more
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
The ten faces of innovation : IDEO's strategies for beating the devil's advocate & driving creativity throughout your organization
[New ed.] : London : Profile Books, 2008 - xi, 273 s.
ISBN: 9781846680311 LIBRIS-ID: 11264807
Images of organization
Executive ed., 1. ed. : San Francisco, Calif. : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, cop. 1998 - xiii, 349 s.
ISBN: 1-57675-038-8- LIBRIS-ID: 6396597
Design Thinking for Innovation : Research and Practice
1st ed. 2016. : Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2016. - XXVI, 219 p. 37 illus., 12 illus. in color.
ISBN: 978-3-319-26100-3 LIBRIS-ID: 19421311
Articles
Managing and temporality
Scandinavian Journal of Management, 29(1), 2013
Participatory design and democratizing innovation
In Proceedings of the 11th Biennial participatory design conference. ACM., 2010
The Agile-Stage‐Gate Hybrid Model: A Promising New Approach and a New Research Opportunity
Journal of Product Innovation Management, 2016
Agile project managementagilism versus traditional approaches
Journal of Computer Information Systems, 49(2), 2008
Human-centered vs. user-centered approaches to information system design
JITTA: Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application, 5(2), 2003
Open innovation and the stage-gate process: A revised model for new product development.
California management review, 52(3), 2010
Managing uncertainty and ambiguity in gates: decision making in aerospace product development.
International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 11(02), 2014
Classics in project management: revisiting the past, creating the future
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 5 Iss 4, 2012
Designing and enabling spaces for collaborative knowledge creation and innovation: From managing to enabling innovation as socio-epistemological technology
Computers in Human Behavior, 37, 2014
Reference Literature
Groups, Teams and Groupwork Revisited : A Theory, Methodology and Practice for the 21st Century
CREATESPACE : - 186 s.
ISBN: 9781482731125 LIBRIS-ID: 19783746
Visionary Expectations and Novice Designers--Prototyping in Design Education
Design and Technology Education, 22(1), 2017
Other materials
Eventuellt tillkommer litteratur/utdrag som delas ut under föreläsningar.
Akademin för innovation, design och teknik,
Objectives
The objective of the course is to provide in-depth knowledge of different forms of project management and how these can be applied in innovation and design projects. Students are further expected to acquire theoretical knowledge of project organisation and the ability to problematise leadership in innovation and design projects.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:
1. compare different forms of project management and discuss their strengths and weaknesses from different perspectives
2. identify and argue for forms of project management that are applicable to innovation and design management in various contexts
3. discuss innovation and design projects on the basis of theories about innovation and design management
4. describe and explain models and methods for decision-making within projects
5. problematise leadership in innovation and design projects on the basis of different conceptualisations of organisation.
Course content
- Conceptualisations of organisations
- Project models
- Joint projects
- Project organisation from mechanical and organic perspectives
- Stage gate models
- Agile methods
- Innovation and design management in theory and practice
- Systems perspectives regarding innovation and design
- Ethics and values in project management
Tuition
Lectures, workshops, seminars, co-productive learning, peer-to-peer learning.
Specific requirements
A completed Bachelor's degree, equivalent to 140 credits.
Swedish B/Swedish 3 and English A/English 6 are required. For courses given in entirely in English exemption is made from the requirement in Swedish B/Swedish 3.
Examination
Written assignment (INL1), 1,5 credits, (examines the learning objective 3), marks Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with Distinction (VG)
Project (PRO1), 4,5 credits, (examines the learning objectives 1, 2, 4 and 5), marks Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with Distinction (VG)
Seminar (SEM1), 1,5 credits, (examines the learning objectives 3 and 5), marks Fail (U) or Pass (G)
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Interim Regulations and Other Regulations
The course completely overlaps with ITE410 Project Management in Innovation and Design.