ITI8740
Course: ITI8740 Software Development Team project
Course alias: ITX8522 Software Entrepreneurship Project
Lecturer: Martin Verrev
Langugage: English
Credit Points: 12 ECT
Contact: martin.verrev ätt taltech.ee, ICT-422
Date, time, location: Thursdays, 16:00-17:30, ICT-411
Teams channel: ITI8740/ITX8522 Software Development Team Project (2023), regsitration code: luebnk4
Course archive: https://courses.cs.taltech.ee/pages/ITI8740_2022
Primary Goals
The primary purpose of the goal is to give an experience of analysing, specifing, developing and documenting a a real life business problem. Also to organize a teamwork and apply agile development methods to solve said problem.
Completing the Course
The course will complete with a set of presentations by each student and a demo day before January 15, 2024.
By the end of the course:
- MVP has been completed and is usable by external users.
- User testing has been completed on MVP, real feedback.
- Spoken at least with 1 real catering provider/accommodation venue.
- Figured out and validated pricing model.
- ...
- Have compiled project documentation.
Lectures
Week 1: Introduction. Finding Problem to Solve
Week 2: Presentation of ideas. Team formation
Assignment: Please think of the problem you want to solve and be ready to present it in 90 seconds. Do not overthink - pick something you would like to do.
Week 3: Introduction to Lean Startup
Assignment As a team please create an initial project environment, decide (see slides from lecture 2).
Week 4: Exercise in Lean Canvas
Week 5: Talking to Customers
Week 6: Development Process for MVP
Week 7: Flows. Wireframes. Domain Model
Week 8: Modelling Continued
Week 9 - 10: Content Hacking
As a homework: Create the wireframes desribed here: Assignment for class 8
Week 11: Metrics
Week 12: Introduction to Branding
Week 13: Guest lecture: Jaanus Sakkis
Guest lecture by Jaanus Sakkis [[1]], an experienced designer, UX expert and artist.
Week 14: Practical Branding
We will review and discuss the worksheets provided on week 12.
Week 15: Guest lecture
Märt Aro [2], a co-Founder of DreamApply, education innovator, edtech enthusiast, TEDx & keynote speaker will be sharing his startup experiences and lessons learned.
Read also: https://www.edtechestonia.org/blogi/10-things-to-keep-in-mind-when-starting-to-build-an-edtech
Week 16: How to Pitch and Present
During Exam Session: Final Demos
Presentation Format
- 3 minute pitch. (without slides)
- 10 minutes technical presentation. (slides may be used)
- 10 minutes - discussion and questions.
Pitch Structure
1. _Intro_ (10 sec) Who are you? One memorable sentence about your idea.
2. _Why, Who, What_ (90 sec) What is the value you are creating? Who is the target whose problem you are solving?
3. _The secret sauce_ (30 sec) What makes your solution unique?
4. _Future vision, business model_ (40 sec). What is the potential for growth. What is the plan to make money? How to get to customers?
5. _Team_ (20 sec) What relevan experience does the team have.
6. _End statement._ Finish your pitch with a strong statement.
Points to cover for technical presentation
1. Primary features of the project
2. Validation - how it was done and what was learned?
3. Outcomes - what was implemented (and what not)
4. The science behind and lessons learned - did the method chosen work, can it be applied to somewhere else.
5. Next steps - was the project worth solving, will it be continued, any master thesis topics. etc.
Supplementary Materials
- (ebook) Ash Maruya. Running Lean
- (ebook) Getting Real
Evaluation
- 91 < score -- grade 5 (excellent)
- 81 < score < 90 -- grade 4 (very good)
- 71 < score < 80 -- grade 3 (good)
- 61 < score < 70 -- grade 2 (satisfactory)
- 51 < score < 60 -- grade 1 (acceptable)
score ≤ 50 -- a student has failed the course