Innovation Challenge Project
Duration
- One Semester
Contact hours
- 72
2020 teaching periods
Hawthorn
| Higher Ed. Semester 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: |
Prerequisites
DES20057 Toolbox for Prototyping and Interdisciplinary CollaborationAND
ENT20006 Lean Startup Springboard OR DES30065 NEXT Innovation Accelerator
Aims and objectives
This unit provides the opportunity for students to experience and understand the challenges of working as part of an interdisciplinary team. Students will apply various creative problem solving tools and approaches to generate and develop innovative solutions in response to a real-world project brief. Students will develop project management and entrepreneurial skills in professional and research contexts for inclusive innovation cultures. Students will be coached by academic members of staff from different disciplines. They will be expected to engage in projects with high levels of self-direction that will include personal accountability and responsibility, while collaborating with others.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Apply judgement to planning and decision making for creative problem solving and user research methods, in relation to a given project or problem.
2. Deal effectively with constraints, timelines and project requirements that develop ideas into designed solutions proposed for a complex and/or large-scale project.
3. Articulate and justify project proposals to a variety of stakeholders using a range of written, verbal, and visual communication processes.
4. Effectively use prototyping techniques to communicate, explore and test ideas to develop an appropriate design solution.
5. Demonstrate entrepreneurial processes to develop and justify the business case of a proposed design solution.
6. Construct collaborative and inclusive management processes and skills to working in an interdisciplinary team in relation to a specific project.
1. Apply judgement to planning and decision making for creative problem solving and user research methods, in relation to a given project or problem.
2. Deal effectively with constraints, timelines and project requirements that develop ideas into designed solutions proposed for a complex and/or large-scale project.
3. Articulate and justify project proposals to a variety of stakeholders using a range of written, verbal, and visual communication processes.
4. Effectively use prototyping techniques to communicate, explore and test ideas to develop an appropriate design solution.
5. Demonstrate entrepreneurial processes to develop and justify the business case of a proposed design solution.
6. Construct collaborative and inclusive management processes and skills to working in an interdisciplinary team in relation to a specific project.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This unit will involve up to 150 hours of work including:
Outside of these contact hours students are expected to spend at least 14 hrs a week working in their teams towards the project. The unit involves high levels of self-direction and responsibility, where students will be expected to be proactive about seeking the kind of expertise and assistance with resources they require for their specific project brief.
Intensive workshops / hackathons (18 hours), studio classes/consultation, mixed activities, lectures and prototyping (45 hours) and online delivery (9 hours)
Assessment
Project presentations and/or video Group 40%
Project documentation Group 40%
Reflective practice Individual 20%
Project documentation Group 40%
Reflective practice Individual 20%
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
- problem solving skills
- analysis skills
- communication skills
- ability to tackle unfamiliar problems, and
- ability to work independently
- problem solving skills
- analysis skills
- communication skills
- ability to tackle unfamiliar problems, and
- ability to work independently
Content
• Innovation culture
• Entrepreneurial mindset and decision making
• Interdisciplinary teamwork approaches
• Creative problem solving
• Idea generation and development
• User research strategies
• Communication and presentation techniques
• Lean start-up techniques and business model innovation
• Design and development processes for innovation
• Professional project documentation and presentation
• Project management and low hierarchy
• Adaptability and response to change
• Ethical and responsible conduct
• Entrepreneurial mindset and decision making
• Interdisciplinary teamwork approaches
• Creative problem solving
• Idea generation and development
• User research strategies
• Communication and presentation techniques
• Lean start-up techniques and business model innovation
• Design and development processes for innovation
• Professional project documentation and presentation
• Project management and low hierarchy
• Adaptability and response to change
• Ethical and responsible conduct