This courseintroduces students to the complete product development life cycle from theinitial business planning stage to the final launch and marketing from a designperspective. Preparing students to become members of new product developmentteams in leading companies, the course introduces students to related workflowsand the roles and responsibilities of the designer in this process. Studentswill obtain hands-on experience by identifying and resolving various productdevelopment issues. Students will acquire basic design research skills andemploy them in carrying out a design project.Skills: basicproduction planning, design research