Bring Ideas To Life
Managing Product Development (MPD) is a project-based course spanning fourteen weeks. Six teams of CDTM students take a product from zero to one - identifying real problems, understanding customer needs, building and prototyping solutions with the latest AI and technology, and then distributing and monetizing them in the real world.
How MPD Works
Description
- As a project partner you have the chance to bring in your topic of interest. A team of 4-5 innovators from interdisciplinary backgrounds will work one day a week on your topic — taking it from problem to product to market.
- You can expect a functional prototype and an elaborated product vision covering the full product development lifecycle, from customer discovery to distribution and monetization.
- Your team works two days per week using an agile, hands-on approach, supported by weekly skill-building sessions on topics like AI-native development, growth, pricing, and sales.
- Results are publicly presented at the MPD Design Fair at CDTM.
Facts & Figures
- 6 projects each semester
- Teams start in April and October
- 4-5 students per team
- 14 weeks project time
- 6 prototypes
- 1 demo day
Example Projects & Contact
Example Projects
- Viral AI Assistants for B2C
- AI Payroll Automation
- AI Systems Integration for Blue-Collar Industries
- Frontier Vision Hardware for the Visually Impaired
- Autonomous Farming Machines
