Research and Development MethodsLaajuus (3 cr)
Course unit code: DT10054
General information
- Credits
- 3 cr
- Teaching language
- Finnish
- Responsible person
- Jyri Roihuvuo, Vastuuopettaja
- Jarmo Talvivaara, Vastuuopettaja
Objective
Student
- recognizes research and development activities as part of his professional skills
- know the differences and similarities between basic research, applied research and development work
- acquires basic knowledge of various research and development methods
- knows how to acquire and utilize information based on research and development activities in his own field
Content
1. Research, development and innovation
- basic research, applied research, R&D, development work
- direction of reasoning (induction, deduction, abduction)
- information acquisition, source criticism
- development process (PDCA, DMAIC)
2. Development approaches
- case study
- action research
- service design
- innovation
- anticipation
3. Development methods
- value analysis
- benchmarking
- interview
- scenarios