Product Development and Innovation
- Faculty
Faculty of Agricultural Science and Landscape Architecture
- Version
Version 1 of 21.08.2025.
- Module identifier
44M0320
- Module level
Master
- Language of instruction
German
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
only summer term
- Duration
1 semester
- Brief description
Product development and innovation is intended to look at new ideas and inventions in the field of construction technology, as well as their economic implementation, as far as possible up to product maturity, in the field of landscaping/the construction industry. The focus is on inventions with concrete concept developments.
- Teaching and learning outcomes
- methods of idea generation
- identifying areas of innovation in the building industry
- development of own ideas for solutions
- research of existing and comparable approaches, patent research
- detailing through construction, experience comparison, experimental construction, rapid prototyping
- intensive presentation by external experts, feedback
- Overall workload
The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 15 Seminar - 5 Learning in groups / Coaching of groups - 10 Lecture - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 75 Preparation/follow-up for course work - 45 Creation of examinations -
- Graded examination
- Project Report, written or
- Field work / Experimental work or
- Written examination or
- oral exam
- Knowledge Broadening
Students who have successfully studied this module know the essential connections of idea generation in landscaping and construction and can independently develop solution approaches for open questions.
- Knowledge deepening
Students who have successfully studied this module have acquired a comprehensive detailed knowledge in one of the special fields reflecting the "state of the art" through experimental work.
- Literature
FRICK, O.; KNÖLL, K. und NEUMANN D.: Baukonstruktionslehre. Bd. 2. 33., überarbeitete Auflage, Teubner, Stuttgart 2003
GALL, G.: Die europäische Patentanmeldung und der PCT in Frage und Antwort. 4., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage, Heymanns, Köln 1997
GREIF, S. und SCHMIEDL, D.: Patentatlas Deutschland: Dynamik und Strukturen der Erfindungstätigkeit. Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt, München 2002
KELLNER, H.: Kreativität im Projekt. Hanser Verlag, München 2002
MEYER-GRASHORN, A.: Spinnen ist Pflicht. Querdenken und Neues schaffen. Moderne Verlagsgesellschaft, Landsberg 2004.
RIPPE, K.-D.: Europäische und internationale Patentanmeldungen, Praxis-Leitfaden. 3., vollständig überarbeitete Auflage, Heymann, Köln 2003
SCHNETZLER, N.: Die Ideenmaschine. Methode statt Geistesblitz - wie Ideen industriell produziert werden, WILEY-VCH, Weinheim2004
Schuler, H., Mythen und Möglichkeiten. Kreativität aus der Sicht der Organisationspsychologie." Forschung und Lehre 12 (2006): 683-685
VOLLRATH, U., WITTE, J. (Begr.): Praxis der Patent- und Gebrauchsmusteranmeldung. 5., neu bearbeitete Auflage.
Heymann, Köln 2002
WAGNER, M. H. und THIELER, W.: Wegweiser für den Erfinder. Von der Aufgabe über die Idee zum Patent. 2., erweiterte und aktualisierte Auflage.
Springer, Berlin 2001
ZECH, S.-M.: Die Darstellung wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnis in Patentanmeldungen und wissenschaftlichen Veröffentlichungen. Dissertation
- Applicability in study programs
- Building – Environment – Management
- Building – Environment – Management M.Eng. (01.09.2025)
- Person responsible for the module
- Thieme-Hack, Martin
- Teachers
- Thieme-Hack, Martin
- Träger, Denis