The Innovation Project

In the Innovation Project, students learn to reduce uncertainties systematically and evidence-based in complex product development projects. Furthermore, it enables students to implement agile product development principles in a creative, competitive, yet guided setting. By incorporating aspects of Scrum and Kanban methodologies, the teams operate in two-week sprint cycles and assess their interim outcomes at the end of each cycle.

Coaching Innovation Projects, a course specifically aimed at senior mechanical engineering students, provides guidance and support to coach engineering teams engaged in the Innovation Project. Using a range of product development principles, the coaches lead students through the sprints of the agile process for developing products. The foundation of these principles is a set carefully chosen practices arising from research conducted by pd|z.