<p>This course provides a systematic and comprehensive teaching on productinnovation and research and development characteristics from the perspectivesof innovative methods and ability cultivation, product development processesand methods, etc. The aim is to cultivate graduate students' innovationawareness, innovative thinking and innovative abilities, grasp demand analysismethods. Systematically learn product functionality, technical indicators,operational performance, reliability, maintainability, safety, security, andenvironmental adaptability; the demonstration, design, trial production, test,appraisal and assessment in the product development process; the research anddevelopment process of typical products, the characteristics of productdevelopment, and the basic knowledge ofproduct development methods, productization methods, quality control methods,risk management methods, etc. This course also aims to further cultivateengineering practice ability in combination with course practice. It wouldprovide an important guidance for graduate students to engage in scientificresearch and carry out innovation and entrepreneurship in their future job.</p>