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At a Glance
- Instructor(s): Dina D Requena
- Semester(s) typically taught: Spring
- Last taught: Spring 2022
- Units: 3.0
- Grading scale: Graded (A-F)
- Required or elective for MEM degree? Elective
- If elective, applicable elective track(s): Product Management
- Pre-requisites: n/a
- Recommended previous courses: n/a
Course Description/Synopsis (from DukeHub)
How do companies ensure innovative ideas are transformed into a product or service? Irrespective of their size, location, number of employees, revenue margin, or industry segment, all companies transform their innovative strategies into real-world products/services. Some companies have well-defined transformation steps that they call product/service development process; others simply just do whatever it takes without organized planning. But in general, they all go through major iterative phases such as discovery, definition, development, demonstration, qualification, deployment, and life cycle management. Furthermore, there are factors that impact all these phases such as the source of funding, people relations, supply chain, design/development tools, time constraints, internal/external regulations, etc. Adequate management of these factors enables the development process to be executed on time and on a budget in order to meet customer needs and stakeholders’ expectations. This course intends to provide an understanding of the product/ service/development process elements and the factors influencing the execution of the process.
Course Syllabus (Most Recent)
EGRMGMT 590.13 Syllabus, Spring 2020
A Word From the Faculty
Student Testimonials (from Course Evaluations)
- “The course gave a good understanding of the overall product development lifecycle and processes.”
- “Prof. Dina is fantastic and facilitates a good interaction among students during class. Her slide deck is comprehensive and offers a good learning experience. She includes interesting videos in the course content to help students understand the concepts better.”
- “The end-to-end project experience in MPD was extremely helpful. We got to apply concepts learned in class on our project.”
- “Working on a semester-long project and following up with the professor helped me have hands-on learning experience.”
Previous Semester Course Evaluations
- Fall 2021
