Product cycle project development

A method for teaching production cycle project development utilizing a construction set for constructing a user-definable apparatus, said method comprising:

• providing a requirements specification to a project developer;
• providing the construction set to the project developer, the construction set including at least one construction set component designed to be alterable;
• receiving design drawings depicting the user-definable apparatus conforming to the requirements specification to be constructed by the project developer;
• reviewing and providing feedback on the design drawings;
• and
• receiving the user-definable apparatus designed to conform to the requirements specification.

A system for teaching production cycle project development utilizing a construction set for constructing a user-definable apparatus, said system comprising:

• means for providing a requirement specification to a project developer;
• means for providing the construction set to the project developer, the construction set including at least one construction set component designed to be alterable;
• means for receiving design drawings depicting the user-definable apparatus to be constructed by the project developer;
• means for reviewing and providing feedback on the design drawings;
• and
• means for receiving the user-definable apparatus designed to meet the requirements specification.

A method for providing a construction set, said method comprising:

• receiving a construction set including construction set components, at least one construction set component designed to be alterable to produce a different construction set component, wherein the construction set is adapted for constructing a user-definable apparatus that allows a user to define a type of apparatus and the at least one construction set component designed to be alterable includes at least one user-identifiable feature enabling a user to permanently change a form of the at least one construction set component;
• distributing the construction set;
• and
• making available the at least one construction set component designed to be alterable to be distributed separate from the construction set to enable a user to replace the at least one construction set component designed to be alterable.

A system for providing a construction set, said system comprising:

• means for receiving a construction set including a complete set of construction set components, at least one construction set component designed to be alterable to produce a different construction set component, wherein the construction set is adapted for constructing a user-definable apparatus that allows a user to define a type of apparatus and the at least one construction set component designed to be alterable includes at least one user-identifiable feature enabling a user to permanently change a form of the at least one construction set component;
• means for distributing the construction set;
• and
• means for making available the at least one construction set component designed to be alterable to be distributed separate from the construction set to enable a user to replace the at least one construction set component designed to be alterable.