Andrea Ippolito is a Lecturer in the Engineering Management Program at Cornell University and the Founder and Director of Women Entrepreneurs Cornell (W.E. Cornell). Prior to joining Cornell, Andrea served as the Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs Innovators Network within the VA Center for Innovation. Andrea completed her MS in Engineering & Management at MIT. Prior to MIT, Andrea worked as a Research Scientist within the Corporate Technology Development group at Boston Scientific. She obtained both her BS in Biological Engineering in 2006 and Master’s of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering in 2007 from Cornell University.
COURSE OVERVIEW
When customer needs have been analyzed and broad priorities have been set for product development, actual design and development can commence. The design process often uses a variety of methods to hammer out increasingly detailed plans. After these plans are validated, development work begins.
This course will start you on the design and development process by showing you how to document detailed project requirements. You will see how to develop prototypes of increasing precision. You will explore how to seek and evaluate design feedback from customers. Finally, you will consider a range of development issues and best practices, including the use of sprints, the establishment of appropriate infrastructure, progress tracking, and working with remote and third-party teams.
It is recommended to take Preparing for Success as a Product Manager, Managing Product Teams, Identifying and Targeting Customer Needs, and Prioritizing for Product Roadmaps prior to this course or have equivalent experience.- Explore the most effective ways to describe and document product requirements
- Prepare to develop both low- and high-fidelity prototypes
- Obtain and analyze feedback on product designs
- Prepare to lead a development effort and track its progress

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- Product managers and aspiring product managers
- Tech leaders
- Product marketing managers
- Engineers
- Software developers
- UX and web design professionals
- Project managers
- Entrepreneurs
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