{"id":6,"date":"2022-12-12T14:10:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T14:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/eppinger\/about\/"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:02:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T15:02:03","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/eppinger\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-6\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-6-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-6-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-6-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit-pf-wysiwyg widget_mit_pf_wysiwyg panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><h2 class=\"widget-title\">Graduate Courses<\/h2><div class=\"textwidget\"><h4>Product Design and Development 15.783J, 2.739J (12 units, Spring Semester)<\/h4>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\">with Profs. Maria Yang and Jerome Arul<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">This is an interdisciplinary course that presents modern product development methods, focusing on the cross-functional nature of product design activities and decision making. Topics include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"paragraph_style_3\">Design thinking skills<\/li>\n<li class=\"paragraph_style_3\">Product planning<\/li>\n<li class=\"paragraph_style_3\">Customer needs analysis<\/li>\n<li class=\"paragraph_style_3\">Concept development<\/li>\n<li class=\"paragraph_style_3\">Industrial design<\/li>\n<li class=\"paragraph_style_3\">Concept testing<\/li>\n<li class=\"paragraph_style_3\">Prototyping<\/li>\n<li class=\"paragraph_style_3\">Design for environment<\/li>\n<li class=\"paragraph_style_3\">Product architecture<\/li>\n<li class=\"paragraph_style_3\">Project management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Body\">Team projects involve the development of a new product from identification of the opportunity, to concepts, prototypes, and testing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">The course is taught primarily for students in the\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/mba\/index.php\" href=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/mba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sloan MBA Program<\/a>\u00a0and its\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/entrepreneurship.mit.edu\/E_and_I.php\" href=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurship.mit.edu\/mba-entrepreneurship-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entrepreneurship and Innovation<\/a>\u00a0track,\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/lgo.mit.edu\/\" href=\"https:\/\/lgo.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leaders for Global Operations Program<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/sdm.mit.edu\/\" href=\"https:\/\/sdm.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">System Design and Management Program<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www-me.mit.edu\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www-me.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program<\/a>, and for students from the\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.risd.edu\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.risd.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rhode Island School of Design<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Download the <a title=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/eppinger\/www\/pdf\/PDD15.783syllabus.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan-php.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-faculty\/sites\/160\/2022\/12\/12163430\/PDD_15.783syllabus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Product Design and Development syllabus<\/a>\u00a0in PDF format<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Product Development Methods\u00a015.782 (3 units, Spring Semester)<\/h4>\n<p>This course covers modern tools and methods for product design and development, including\u00a0design thinking, agile development, product planning, identifying customer needs, concept\u00a0generation. Lectures meet jointly with 15.783 PDD.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/student.mit.edu\/catalog\/search.cgi?search=15.782&amp;style=verbatim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about this course<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-6-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit-pf-wysiwyg widget_mit_pf_wysiwyg panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><h2 class=\"widget-title\">Executive Courses<\/h2><div class=\"textwidget\"><h4 class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/executive.mit.edu\/course\/managing-complex-technical-projects\/a056g00000URaMzAAL.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Managing Complex Technical Projects<\/a><\/h4>\n<p class=\"Body\">A two-day seminar is designed for professionals managing large, technical, development projects. The course presents the research conducted at MIT in the areas of project management, system engineering, and development organization. Prof. Eppinger teaches participants how to model projects using the design structure matrix method. Industrial examples include applications in the automotive, aerospace, electronics, telecommunications, and equipment industries.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/executive.mit.edu\/course\/systematic-innovation-of-products%2C-processes%2C-and-services\/a056g00000URaN2AAL.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Systematic Innovation of Products, Processes, and Services<\/a><\/h4>\n<p class=\"Body\">A one-week course is designed for professionals working in various product and service development roles. The course presents state-of-the-art product development techniques related to product planning, concept development, project management, and organization of the process of developing services, software, business processes, and manufactured goods.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/executive.mit.edu\/course\/mastering-design-thinking\/a056g00000URaa4AAD.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mastering Design Thinking<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>This three month course\u00a0is delivered in our Self-Paced Online format which enables participation at your own pace using\u00a0interactive videos, practice quizzes, presentations, assignments, and discussion forums.\u00a0Upon completion, you will earn a certificate from the MIT Sloan School of Management.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"Body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/executive-ed.xpro.mit.edu\/professional-certificate-technical-project-management?utm_source=Google&amp;utm_network=g&amp;utm_medium=c&amp;utm_term=mit%20technical%20project%20management&amp;utm_location=9002012&amp;utm_campaign_id=17059210547&amp;utm_adset_id=137197476138&amp;utm_ad_id=594862475933&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA_bieBhDSARIsADU4zLfliv6qYkW7KJ1kycX_8iFZenrVe5k-sOraivO_fQN_Ii4VGJZVJC8aAsITEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technical Project Management<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>This 21-week course focuses on: identifying\u00a0the foundational principles of teamwork and performance in technical projects,\u00a0facilitating high performance across various project standards, methods, concepts, and architectures (such as agile, stage-gate, waterfall, flow, spiral, and set-based),\u00a0evaluating charters, creating plans, establishing teams, supporting ongoing progress, handling changes and risks, and promoting and adapting to a high-performance culture,\u00a0understanding the agile approach to project management and execution,\u00a0employing advanced project management methods for planning, control, and adaptation and\u00a0leading teams and designing projects for high performance.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/exec.mit.edu\/s\/solutions-for-organizations\/custom-programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Custom Executive Programs<\/a><\/h4>\n<p class=\"Body\">Prof. Eppinger also directs and teaches in MIT\u2019s custom executive education programs.\u00a0 For information about\u00a0MIT Executive Education custom program offerings, please contact the office of MIT Sloan Executive Education.\u00a0 For custom on-site training programs by Prof. Eppinger, please contact him directly.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate CoursesProduct Design and Development 15.783J, 2.739J (12 units, Spring Semester) with Profs. Maria Yang and Jerome Arul This is an interdisciplinary course that presents modern product development methods, focusing on the cross-functional nature of product design activities and decision making. Topics include: Design thinking skills Product planning Customer needs analysis Concept development Industrial design [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-two-column.php","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MIT Sloan Faculty: Steven D. 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