Foundation Skills in Integrated Product Development detailed syllabus for Biomedical Engineering (BME) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the BME students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Biomedical Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit BME 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to BME Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of foundation skills in integrated product development is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
BASICS OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Global Trends Analysis and Product decision – Social Trends – Technical Trends- Economical Trends – Environmental Trends – Political/Policy Trends – Introduction to Product Development Methodologies and Management – Overview of Products and Services – Types of Product Development – Overview of Product Development methodologies – Product Life Cycle – Product Development Planning and Management.
Unit II
REQUIREMENTS AND SYSTEM DESIGN
Requirement Engineering – Types of Requirements – Requirement Engineering – traceability Matrix and Analysis – Requirement Management – System Design & Modeling – Introduction to System Modeling – System Optimization – System Specification – Sub-System Design – Interface Design.
Unit III
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Unit IV
SUSTENANCE ENGINEERING AND END-OF-LIFE (EOL) SUPPORT
Introduction to Product verification processes and stages – Introduction to Product Validation processes and stages – Product Testing Standards and Certification – Product Documentation -Sustenance -Maintenance and Repair – Enhancements – Product EoL – Obsolescence Management – Configuration Management – EoL Disposal
Unit V
BUSINESS DYNAMICS – ENGINEERING SERVICES INDUSTRY
The Industry – Engineering Services Industry – Product Development in Industry versus Academia -The IPD Essentials – Introduction to Vertical Specific Product Development processes -Manufacturing/Purchase and Assembly of Systems – Integration of Mechanical, Embedded and Software Systems – Product Development Trade-offs – Intellectual Property Rights and Confidentiality – Security and Configuration Management.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to:
- Define, formulate, and analyze a problem
- Solve specific problems independently or as part of a team
- Gain knowledge of the Innovation & Product Development process in the Business Context
- Work independently as well as in teams
- Manage a project from start to finish
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Hiriyappa B, “Corporate Strategy – Managing the Business”, Author House, 2013.
- Peter F Drucker, “People and Performance”, Butterworth – Heinemann [Elsevier], Oxford, 2004.
- Vinod Kumar Garg and Venkita Krishnan N K, “Enterprise Resource Planning – Concepts”, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2003.
- Mark S Sanders and Ernest J McCormick, “Human Factors in Engineering and Design”, McGraw Hill Education, Seventh Edition, 2013
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Biomedical Engineering 5th Sem, visit BME 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Biomedical Engineering results, visit Anna University BME all semester results direct link.