Syllabus
Last updated: Oct 27, 2020 at 2:09am
The specifics of a number of lectures are still to be determined. Once the many uncertainties about actual operating conditions resolve, relevant lecture materials and topics will be provided.
Virtual lectures are asynchronous. They will be released some time during the day and students will watch them at their convenience.
In-person lectures are synchronous, on Fridays 3-5pm. Students will be assigned to classrooms by teams.
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Sep 2
Wed
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Lecture 1: 2.s009, Do My Part! (virtual)
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Lab section signup
(absolutely, most definitely required! We do not use registrar section assignments)
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Sep 4
Fri
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Lecture 2: Product Development Process and Course Milestones (virtual)
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Lab section signup
due at 9 PM
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Sep 7
Mon
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Labor Day
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Sep 9
Wed
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Lecture 3: Innovation Strategy and Theme Reveal (in-person)
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Idea Fair | |
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Sep 10
Thu
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Sep 11
Fri
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Lecture 4: 3 Ideas Milestone, Ideation and PPE (in-person)
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Ideation 3-Ideas presentation Design Notebook Project timesheet Reading:
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Sep 14-15
Mon/Tue
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Ideation due in lab
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Sep 17
Thu
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Lecture 5: Making the Pitch (virtual)
Training: Credit Card training 12PM-1PM (Zoom). All financial officers must attend. If you have an irreconcilable conflict, please contact Chevalley Duhart.
Workshop: Slack/Project Management
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Franken-Pitch | |
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Sep 18
Fri
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Lecture 6: Sketch Models (in-person)
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Franken-Pitch |
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Sep 21-22
Mon/Tue
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Sep 22
Tue
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Workshop: Taking the Bull by the Horns 7-8 PM (virtual)
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Sep 23
Wed
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Lecture 6+: Pitch-ure this! (virtual)
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Sep 24
Thu
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Training: RFP training 12PM-1PM (virtual)
All financial officers must attend. If you have an irreconcilable conflict, please contact Chevalley Duhart.
CI Office Hours, 12-2 PM (virtual)
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Sep 25
Fri
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Milestone 1: 3-ideas presentation (in-person)
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Milestone reflection | 3-Ideas presentation
due at 3 PM sharp
3-idea presentation |
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Sep 27
Sun
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Lecture 8: Key Questions for Sketch Models (virtual)
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Sketch model review For additional pointers on sketch modeling techniques, please see the 2.009 sketch modeling tutorials, designy resources for cardboard, foam core, and blue foam.
Peer review 1 |
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Sep 28-29
Mon/Tue
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Sep 28
Mon
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Project timesheet
for 3-ideas phase, due by midnight
Milestone Reflection
for 3-ideas phase, due by midnight
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Sep 29
Tue
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Tutorial: Understanding and Interacting with Users (Part 1), 7-8 PM (virtual)
Tutorial: Video Loggers Training, 8-9 PM (virtual)
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Sep 30
Wed
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Peer review 1
due by 9 PM
Design notebook digital submissions due by 10 PM
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Oct 1
Thu
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CI Office Hours, 12-2 PM (virtual)
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Oct 2
Fri
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Lecture 9: Product Benchmarking (in-person)
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Oct 5-6
Mon/Tue
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All team officer positions should be finalized
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Oct 6
Tue
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Lecture 10: Understanding the User (virtual)
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Oct 7
Wed
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Information Open House, 7-8 PM (virtual)
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Oct 8
Thu
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CI Office Hours, 12-2 PM (virtual)
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Oct 9
Fri
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Milestone 2: Sketch model review (in-person)
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Sketch model review
due at 3 PM sharp
Sketch model results |
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Oct 12
Mon
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Columbus Day – Holiday
Lecture 12: Decisions and Codes of Values (virtual)
Workshop: Moderating Design Disputes, 7-8 PM (virtual)
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Team Code of Values | |
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Oct 13
Tue
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Lab 5: Making the decision! (Mon Schedule on Tue)
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Peer review 2 Team review |
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Oct 14
Wed
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Project timesheet
for sketch model phase, due by midnight
Milestone Reflection for sketch model phase, due by midnight Design notebook digital submissionsdue by midnight
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Oct 15
Thu
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CI Office Hours, 12-2 PM (virtual)
Workshop: SI Communications, 7-8 PM (virtual)
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Team Code of Values draft
due by midnight
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Oct 16
Fri
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Lecture 13: Product Architecture (in-person)
Chicken Chart
Lecture 14: Assembly Review, Product Contract and Specifications (in-person)
Specification Exercise Results |
Peer review 2
due by midnight
Team review due by midnight
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Oct 17
Sat
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Team Code of Values final
due by midnight
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Oct 19-20
Mon/Tue
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Oct 20
Tue
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Tutorial: Understanding and Interacting with Users (Part 2), 7-8:30 PM (virtual)
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Oct 22
Thu
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CI Office Hours, 12-2 PM (virtual)
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Assembly model
upload digital files by midnight
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Oct 23
Fri
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Milestone 3: Assembly review (in-person)
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Assembly review
due at 3 PM sharp
Assembly review results |
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Oct 26-27
Mon/Tue
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Oct 26
Mon
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Lecture 16: Project management and scheduling (virtual)
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Origami exercise | |
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Oct 27
Tue
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Origami exercise
due by midnight
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Oct 28
Wed
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ID consultations, 6-8 PM (virtual)
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Peer review 3 |
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Oct 29
Thu
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CI Office Hours, 12-2 PM (virtual)
Workshop: Business models, 7-8:30 PM (virtual)
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Oct 30
Fri
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Lectures 17: Design for assembly (in-person)
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Peer review 3
due by midnight
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Nov 2-3
Mon/Tue
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Lab 8: Technical review, planning the rebuild
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Nov 2
Mon
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Lecture 18: Product form (virtual)
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Nov 5
Thu
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CI Office Hours, 12-2 PM (virtual)
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Nov 6
Fri
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Milestone 4: Technical review (in-person)
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Design review Final presentation materials |
Technical review
due at 3 PM sharp
Technical review results |
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Nov 8
Sun
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Tutorial: Product/Experience Storytelling, 6-7:30 PM (virtual)
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Nov 9-10
Mon/Tue
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Lab 9: Redesign, rebuilding, and presentation design
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Nov 9
Mon
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Lecture 20: Presentation design (virtual)
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Nov 10
Tue
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Workshop: Translating technical information for a diverse audience, 7-8 PM (virtual)
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Nov 11
Wed
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Veteran's Day – Holiday
Lab access – Student-side only
Workshop: Product naming, 12:30-1:30 PM (virtual)
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Nov 12
Thu
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CI Office Hours, 12-2 PM (virtual)
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Nov 13
Fri
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Presentation consultations (30min/team)
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Nov 16-17
Mon/Tue
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Lab 10: The final push!
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Nov 17
Tue
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Presentation practice sessions (in-person, evening)
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Nov 19
Thu
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CI Office Hours, 12-2 PM (virtual)
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Nov 19-20
Thu/Fri
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Milestone 5: Final presentation recording (in-person, off-campus studio location)
3-4 hr filming session per team; 3 teams on Thursday; 3 teams on Friday
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Prototype and final presentation slides
due by filming time
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Nov 20
Fri
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End of in-person phase
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Nov 21
Sat
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Students leave campus
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Nov 23
Mon
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Thanksgiving Week holiday – No lab!
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Nov 25
Wed
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Thanksgiving Week holiday – No lecture!
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Nov 26
Thu
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Nov 27
Fri
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It's Black Friday
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Nov 30/Dec 1
Mon/Tue
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All done. Labs, no more!
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Dec 1
Tue
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Dec 2
Wed
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Peer review 4 | ||
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Dec 4
Fri
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Final presentation preparations – No lecture!
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Digital brochure
due midnight
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Dec 7
Mon
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Dec 9
Wed
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Lecture 22: Course Wrap-Up (virtual)
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Dec 11
Fri
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Instructors: Final grades meeting at noon
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