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= Capstone Project =
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= Market Research for IT Startups =
  
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* '''Course name''': Market Research for IT Startups
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* '''Course name''': Capstone Project
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* '''Code discipline''':
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* '''Code discipline''': -
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* '''Subject area''': Technological Entrepreneurship
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* '''Subject area''': Subject Areas to choose from: -
   
 
== Short Description ==
  
== Short Description ==
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This course covers the following concepts: People Management; Processes and Project Development, Planning and Controlling.
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This course is for students who see themselves as entrepreneurs. The course is designed for the early development of business ideas and provides methods and guidelines for business research. The course teaches how to assess the potential of business ideas, hypothesis thinking, methods for generating ideas and testing their quality
  
   
 
== Prerequisites ==
  
== Prerequisites ==
   
 
=== Prerequisite subjects ===
  
=== Prerequisite subjects ===
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* CSE113 - Logic & Discrete Maths
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* N/A
  
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* CSE201 - Mathematical Analysis I
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* CSE202 - Analytical Geometry and Linear Algebra I
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* CSE401 - Fundamentals of Computer Architecture
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* CSE101 - Introduction to Programming
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* CSE103 - Theoretical Computer Science
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* CSE203 - Mathematical Analysis II
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* CSE204 - Analytical Geometry and Linear Algebra II
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* CSE117 - Data Structures and Algorithms
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* CSE112 - Software System Analysis and Design
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* CSE801 - Software Project
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* CSE301 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
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* CSE206 - Probability and Statistics
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* CSE402 - Physics I (Mechanics)
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* CSE105 - Operating Systems
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* CSE205 - Differential Equations
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* CSE333 - Introduction to Optimization
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* CSE302 - Introduction to Machine Learning
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* (SD, CS, DS, AAI) CSE106 - Databases
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* (SD, CS, DS, AAI) CSE501 - Networks
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* (SD, CS) CSE502 - System and Network Administration
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* (SD, CS, AAI) CSE114 - Distributed and Network Programming
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* (AAI) CSE338 - Reinforcement Learning
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* (DS) CSE310 - Statistical Techniques
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* (DS) CSE340 - Nature Inspired Computing
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* (RO) CSE410 - Physics II (Electrical Engineering)
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* (RO) CSE403 - Control Theory
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* (RO) CSE408 - Theoretical Mechanics
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* (RO) CSE406 - Fundamental of Robotics
   
 
=== Prerequisite topics ===
  
=== Prerequisite topics ===
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== Course Topics ==
  
== Course Topics ==
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! Section !! Topics within the section
  
! Section !! Topics within the section
 
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| People Management, Leadership and Teamwork ||
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| Ideation tools ||
 
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# People Management Styles
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# Art VS Creativity
  
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# People management & Leadership skills
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# Ability to discover
  
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# Teamwork Tools: Trello, BitBucket, Miro, Github
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# How to generate ideas
  
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# Creativity sources
  
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# Ideation in groups
  
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# Rules for ideation for startups
  
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| Market research content ||
 
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# Types of research: primary vs secondary
  
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# How to plan a research
  
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# Market research chapters content
  
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# Frameworks used in a market research (SWOT, Persona, etc)
  
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# Tools and sources to conduct a competitors analysis
  
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| Customer development ||
 
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# Interviews are the main tool for “Get Out The Building” technique
  
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# The "Mum's Test"
  
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# Jobs-To-Be-Done
  
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# Good and bad interview questions
  
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| Market sizing ||
 
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# Market analysis VS market sizing
  
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# Sizing stakeholders and their interests
  
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# Sizing methods
  
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# TAM SAM SOM calculation examples
  
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| Data for a research ||
 
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# Sources and tools for competitors overview
  
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# Sources and tools for product and traffic analysis
  
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# Sources and tools for trend watching
  
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# Life hacks for search
  
 
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| Project development and realization ||
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| Founder motivation ||
 
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# Defining and measuring processes
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# Ways to Stay Motivated as an Entrepreneur
  
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# Project Life Cycle
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# Exercises for founders motivation
  
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# Project Development and Management methodology
 
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| Planning and controlling projects ||
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| Pitch Day ||
 
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# Introduction - Planning & Controlling Software Development Projects
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# Market research results presentations
  
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# Work Breakdown Structures
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# Estimation Methods
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# Activity Planning
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# Milestone Planning
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# Release Planning
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# Tracking Reporting & Controlling
 
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=== What is the main purpose of this course? ===
  
=== What is the main purpose of this course? ===
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What is the main goal of this course formulated in one sentence?
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This course aims to give students theoretical knowledge and practical skills on how to assess market potential at an early stage of an IT startup (or any company) development. The ultimate goal is to teach students to conduct market research for their business.
  
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The main goal of this course is to enable a student to understand the phases of project development; to manage both human and computational resources through control of the development process. The main task is to combine all the knowledge obtained during the study at the university and turn it into real projects.
   
 
=== ILOs defined at three levels ===
  
=== ILOs defined at three levels ===
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==== Level 1: What concepts should a student know/remember/explain? ====
  
==== Level 1: What concepts should a student know/remember/explain? ====
 
By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...
  
By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...
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* List existing tools for a teamwork
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* Market research techniques using open data,
  
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* Describe the skills required for people manager
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* Typology of market assessment methods,
  
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* Describe the skills required for a good leader
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* Types of research data and their application,
  
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* Explain the steps of project Life Cycle
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* Market research components: competitors overview, value proposition, trend watching, venture status, business models, buyers profile etc
  
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* Know how to plan and control software/hardware projects
   
 
==== Level 2: What basic practical skills should a student be able to perform? ====
  
==== Level 2: What basic practical skills should a student be able to perform? ====
 
By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...
  
By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...
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* Get ideas about the work in the main structural divisions
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* Methods of ideation,
  
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* Formulate the idea as a project task
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* TAM SAM SOM method, 2 approaches,
  
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* Set objectives and goals properly
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* Applied tools and resources for market sizing,
  
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* Perform the given tasks in a certain limit of time
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* Principles to work with business hypotheses
  
   
 
==== Level 3: What complex comprehensive skills should a student be able to apply in real-life scenarios? ====
  
==== Level 3: What complex comprehensive skills should a student be able to apply in real-life scenarios? ====
 
By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...
  
By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...
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* Adapt to real working conditions in various institutions and organizations
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* Identify and describe the market
  
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* Gain experience while working in teams
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* Assess market potential for any business idea
  
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* Organize and plan the projects
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* Conduct relevant market research before starting up a business
  
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* Use the most relevant and high-quality data for a market research
  
   
 
== Grading ==
  
== Grading ==
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! Grade !! Range !! Description of performance
  
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| A. Excellent || 85.0-100.0 || -
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| Pass || 60.0-100.0 || -
 
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| B. Good || 70.0-84.0 || -
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| Fail || 0.0-59.0 || -
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| C. Satisfactory || 50.0-69.0 || -
  
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| D. Fail || 0.0-50.0 || -
  
 
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! Activity Type !! Percentage of the overall course grade
  
! Activity Type !! Percentage of the overall course grade
 
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| Presentation || 45
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| Paper #0: Market research structure || 0-10 scale (costs 10% final)
  
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| Paper #1: TAM SAM SOM || 0-10 scale (costs 20% final)
  
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| Workshops activity || 3 points for each of 7 workshops: 1 point=participation, 2 points=discussion, 3 points=valuable results (costs 21% final)
  
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| Paper #2: Market research || 0-10 scale (costs 30% final)
  
 
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| Final Presentation || 0-10 scale (costs 20% final)
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| Final Presentation || 55
 
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=== Recommendations for students on how to succeed in the course ===
  
=== Recommendations for students on how to succeed in the course ===
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Participation is important. Showing up and participating in discussions is the key to success in this course.<br>Students work in teams, so coordinating teamwork will be an important factor for success.<br>Reading the provided materials is mandatory, as lectures will mainly consist of discussions and reflections not slides or reading from scratch.<br>The main assignment in the course is Market research paper which is supposed to be useful not only for this course but s a basis for future business oriented courses
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Participation is important. Showing up is the key to success in this course.<br>You will work in teams, so coordinating teamwork will be an important factor for success.
   
 
== Resources, literature and reference materials ==
  
== Resources, literature and reference materials ==
   
 
=== Open access resources ===
  
=== Open access resources ===
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* - article with reflections on the methodology book on the 55 typical business models
  
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* - a book with instructions on how to communicate with your potential users. How to conduct interviews so that you understand what the client wants to say and not what you want to hear.
  
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* - the case book on the Jobs To Be Done. With JTBD, we can make predictions about which products will be in demand in the market and which will not. The idea behind the theory is that people don't buy products, but "hire" them to perform certain jobs.
  
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* A selection of with a summary of key ideas from Harvard Business Review
  
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* F. Sesno "" - the book on how to get information out of people through questions.
  
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* a visual guide book to dealing with your inner procrastinator
  
   
 
=== Closed access resources ===
  
=== Closed access resources ===
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* Crunchbase.com
  
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* Statista.com
  
   
 
=== Software and tools used within the course ===
  
=== Software and tools used within the course ===
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* Boardofinnovation.com
  
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* Miro.com
  
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* Notion.com
  
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* MS Teams
  
   
 
= Teaching Methodology: Methods, techniques, & activities =
  
= Teaching Methodology: Methods, techniques, & activities =
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! Teaching Techniques !! Section 1 !! Section 2 !! Section 3
 
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| Problem-based learning (students learn by solving open-ended problems without a strictly-defined solution) || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Problem-based learning (students learn by solving open-ended problems without a strictly-defined solution) || 1 || 1 || 1
 
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| Project-based learning (students work on a project) || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Project-based learning (students work on a project) || 1 || 1 || 1
 
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| Differentiated learning (provide tasks and activities at several levels of difficulty to fit students needs and level) || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Differentiated learning (provide tasks and activities at several levels of difficulty to fit students needs and level) || 1 || 1 || 1
 
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| развивающего обучения (задания и материал "прокачивают" ещё нераскрытые возможности студентов); || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Contextual learning (activities and tasks are connected to the real world to make it easier for students to relate to them); || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
  
 
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| концентрированного обучения (занятия по одной большой теме логически объединяются); || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Business game (learn by playing a game that incorporates the principles of the material covered within the course). || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
  
 
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| inquiry-based learning || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
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| inquiry-based learning || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Task-based learning || 1 || 1 || 1
 
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|+ Activities within each section
  
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! Learning Activities !! Section 1 !! Section 2 !! Section 3
 
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| Interactive Lectures || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Experiments || 1 || 1 || 1
 
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| Lab exercises || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0
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| Modeling || 1 || 1 || 1
 
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| Group projects || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
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| Development of individual parts of software product code || 1 || 1 || 1
 
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| Flipped classroom || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0
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| Group projects || 1 || 1 || 1
 
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| Discussions || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Discussions || 1 || 1 || 1
 
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| Presentations by students || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1
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| Presentations by students || 1 || 1 || 0
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| Oral Reports || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1
  
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| Cases studies || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0
  
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| Written reports || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
  
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! Activity Type !! Content !! Is Graded?
  
! Activity Type !! Content !! Is Graded?
 
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| Presentation || Prepare a short 2-minutes pitch for your project idea (2-5 slides). <br><br>Suggested structure:<br>What problem you are solving:<br>- State the problem clearly in 2-3 short sentences.<br><br>What methodology are you going to apply:<br>- Shortly describe the method(-s) that could solve the problem. || 1
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| Discussion || Difference between Art and Creativity. Examples from your personal experience<br>Tools to manage your attention: work with exercises above<br>Is it true that an ideation stage is the very first step to take when starting your own business? If not, what needs to be done before?<br>Idea diary: share your experience, was it useful? How to keep motivation to continue?<br>Sharing your business ideas: is it risky for a founder? Why?<br>Name and discuss principles of hypothesis thinking<br>Name and comment on ideation tool you know. Did you have an experience with it?<br>Where to take creativity? Your advice<br>Lets find examples of “Steal like an artist” approach among startups<br>Create a list of 5 business ideas you have ever had in your mind. Choose 1 and make an exhaustive list of the problems that are associated with the proposed business idea. || 0
  
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! Activity Type !! Content !! Is Graded?
  
! Activity Type !! Content !! Is Graded?
 
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| Presentation of Current Progress || Prepare a short pitch for your current project progress (5-7 slides). <br><br>Suggested structure:<br>What problem you are solving:<br>- State the problem clearly in 2-3 short sentences.<br><br>What methodology are you going to apply:<br>- Shortly describe the method(-s) that could solve the problem.<br><br>Which tasks are you performing:<br>- Shortly describe the tasks that are being solved.<br>- Describe the current problems in realization if any. || 0
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| Discussion || What are the basic steps in market research?<br>What are the commonly used market research methods?<br>What research question types can be asked in surveys?<br>Should startup prefer primary or secondary research? || 0
  
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| Workshop || SWOT analysis: compare your business idea with competitors and market situation<br> Get familiar with industry trends and reports: Find and create a list of 3 to 5 business research papers or trend reports in your industry || 0
  
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| Home written assignment || Market research doc: create a structure that is:<br>1-2 pages long<br>Describes your business idea<br>Contains the structure of your future research<br>Contains a list of questions to answer during the research for each chapter proposed<br>Contains links and references to data sources potentilly interesting to use in a research<br>Its feasible: it should be a chance you may answer all the questions stated in the doc<br>The doc format is designed and well structured || 1
  
 
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| Presentation (Project Defense) || Prepare a 5-minutes presentation on your project. During the presentation clearly define the role and contribution of each member of a team.<br><br>Suggested structure:<br>What problem you are solving:<br>- State the problem clearly in 2-3 short sentences.<br><br>What methodology is used:<br>- Describe the method(-s) that were used to solve the problem.<br><br>What are the results:<br>- Describe what you achieved during the course. || 1
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| Oral test || Good or bad interview question?<br>Useful or useless feedback? || 0
  
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| Workshop || Work on your customer profile using the Persona template. Make a client interview script with the help of the Problem-validation-script. || 1
  
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| Case study || Watch the video with the case study. This is an example of HOW NOT to take a customer discovery interview. Discuss what went wrong? || 0
  
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| Oral presentation || Take one tool from the list below and create a “how-to” guide to the service for your classmates. The guide could be done in a form of 1) video-instruction 2) text 3) visualized scheme 4) presentation. The guide must answer how to use a tool and give an example of its use on concrete case study. Studying the guide should take your reader not mach then 15 min. || 1
  
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| Pitch session || The final Market Research report should follow the structure discussed <br>Content of the oral presentation may include: business description, market overview, main sources used in the research, competitors overview, monetization opportunity, market size, further stages of research or business work, team, comments on some challenges during the work || 1
  
 
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=== Final assessment ===
  
=== Final assessment ===
 
'''Section 1'''
  
'''Section 1'''
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# Grading criteria for the midterm project presentation:
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# For the final assessment, students should complete the Market Research paper.
  
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# 1. Problem: short clear statement on what you are solving, and why it’s important.
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# It should follow the market research paper structure, contain information about market volume (TAM SAM SOM), data must be gathered with help of data sources learnt.
  
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# 2. Methodology: clear statement of the methods to be used.
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# The paper should refer to market potential and give the basis to make business decisions, answer questions on how to start and develop your idea, what is your business model, target customer persona, product MVP etc.
  
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# Market sizing has been carried out
  
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# Customer segments are named
  
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# Сompetitor analysis has been conducted
  
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# At least 2 prominent data sources are used
 
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# Customer discovery interviews conducted
  
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# Future steps are mapped out
  
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# The final report is visualized clearly and transparent
  
 
'''Section 2'''
  
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# The activity in this section is not graded. The presentation is needed only to see the current state of the project realization.
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'''Section 3'''
  
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# Grading criteria for the final project presentation:
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# 1. Problem: short clear statement on what you are solving, and why it’s important.
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# 2. Methodology: clear statement of the methods used.
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=== The retake exam ===
  
=== The retake exam ===
 
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# For the retake, students have to follow the guidelines of the course and contribute to a new project. The complexity of the product can be reduced, if it is one person working on it. The grading criteria for each section are the same as for the final project presentation. There has to be a meeting before the retake itself to plan and agree on the project content, and to answer questions.
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Revision as of 15:11, 12 April 2023

Capstone Project

  • Course name: Capstone Project
  • Code discipline: -
  • Subject area: Subject Areas to choose from: -

Short Description

This course covers the following concepts: People Management; Processes and Project Development, Planning and Controlling.

Prerequisites

Prerequisite subjects

  • CSE113 - Logic & Discrete Maths
  • CSE201 - Mathematical Analysis I
  • CSE202 - Analytical Geometry and Linear Algebra I
  • CSE401 - Fundamentals of Computer Architecture
  • CSE101 - Introduction to Programming
  • CSE103 - Theoretical Computer Science
  • CSE203 - Mathematical Analysis II
  • CSE204 - Analytical Geometry and Linear Algebra II
  • CSE117 - Data Structures and Algorithms
  • CSE112 - Software System Analysis and Design
  • CSE801 - Software Project
  • CSE301 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
  • CSE206 - Probability and Statistics
  • CSE402 - Physics I (Mechanics)
  • CSE105 - Operating Systems
  • CSE205 - Differential Equations
  • CSE333 - Introduction to Optimization
  • CSE302 - Introduction to Machine Learning
  • (SD, CS, DS, AAI) CSE106 - Databases
  • (SD, CS, DS, AAI) CSE501 - Networks
  • (SD, CS) CSE502 - System and Network Administration
  • (SD, CS, AAI) CSE114 - Distributed and Network Programming
  • (AAI) CSE338 - Reinforcement Learning
  • (DS) CSE310 - Statistical Techniques
  • (DS) CSE340 - Nature Inspired Computing
  • (RO) CSE410 - Physics II (Electrical Engineering)
  • (RO) CSE403 - Control Theory
  • (RO) CSE408 - Theoretical Mechanics
  • (RO) CSE406 - Fundamental of Robotics

Prerequisite topics

Course Topics

Course Sections and Topics
Section Topics within the section
People Management, Leadership and Teamwork
  1. People Management Styles
  2. People management & Leadership skills
  3. Teamwork Tools: Trello, BitBucket, Miro, Github
Project development and realization
  1. Defining and measuring processes
  2. Project Life Cycle
  3. Project Development and Management methodology
Planning and controlling projects
  1. Introduction - Planning & Controlling Software Development Projects
  2. Work Breakdown Structures
  3. Estimation Methods
  4. Activity Planning
  5. Milestone Planning
  6. Release Planning
  7. Tracking Reporting & Controlling

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

What is the main purpose of this course?

What is the main goal of this course formulated in one sentence? The main goal of this course is to enable a student to understand the phases of project development; to manage both human and computational resources through control of the development process. The main task is to combine all the knowledge obtained during the study at the university and turn it into real projects.

ILOs defined at three levels

Level 1: What concepts should a student know/remember/explain?

By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...

  • List existing tools for a teamwork
  • Describe the skills required for people manager
  • Describe the skills required for a good leader
  • Explain the steps of project Life Cycle
  • Know how to plan and control software/hardware projects

Level 2: What basic practical skills should a student be able to perform?

By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...

  • Get ideas about the work in the main structural divisions
  • Formulate the idea as a project task
  • Set objectives and goals properly
  • Perform the given tasks in a certain limit of time

Level 3: What complex comprehensive skills should a student be able to apply in real-life scenarios?

By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...

  • Adapt to real working conditions in various institutions and organizations
  • Gain experience while working in teams
  • Organize and plan the projects

Grading

Course grading range

Grade Range Description of performance
Pass 60.0-100.0 -
Fail 0.0-59.0 -

Course activities and grading breakdown

Activity Type Percentage of the overall course grade
Presentation 45
Final Presentation 55

Recommendations for students on how to succeed in the course

Participation is important. Showing up is the key to success in this course.
You will work in teams, so coordinating teamwork will be an important factor for success.

Resources, literature and reference materials

Open access resources

Closed access resources

Software and tools used within the course

Teaching Methodology: Methods, techniques, & activities

Activities and Teaching Methods

Teaching and Learning Methods within each section
Teaching Techniques Section 1 Section 2 Section 3
Problem-based learning (students learn by solving open-ended problems without a strictly-defined solution) 1 1 1
Project-based learning (students work on a project) 1 1 1
Differentiated learning (provide tasks and activities at several levels of difficulty to fit students needs and level) 1 1 1
развивающего обучения (задания и материал "прокачивают" ещё нераскрытые возможности студентов); 1 1 1
концентрированного обучения (занятия по одной большой теме логически объединяются); 1 1 1
inquiry-based learning 1 1 1
Task-based learning 1 1 1
Activities within each section
Learning Activities Section 1 Section 2 Section 3
Experiments 1 1 1
Modeling 1 1 1
Development of individual parts of software product code 1 1 1
Group projects 1 1 1
Discussions 1 1 1
Presentations by students 1 1 0

Formative Assessment and Course Activities

Ongoing performance assessment

Section 1

Activity Type Content Is Graded?
Presentation Prepare a short 2-minutes pitch for your project idea (2-5 slides). 

Suggested structure:
What problem you are solving:
- State the problem clearly in 2-3 short sentences.

What methodology are you going to apply:
- Shortly describe the method(-s) that could solve the problem.		 1

Section 2

Activity Type Content Is Graded?
Presentation of Current Progress Prepare a short pitch for your current project progress (5-7 slides). 

Suggested structure:
What problem you are solving:
- State the problem clearly in 2-3 short sentences.

What methodology are you going to apply:
- Shortly describe the method(-s) that could solve the problem.

Which tasks are you performing:
- Shortly describe the tasks that are being solved.
- Describe the current problems in realization if any.		 0

Section 3

Activity Type Content Is Graded?
Presentation (Project Defense) Prepare a 5-minutes presentation on your project. During the presentation clearly define the role and contribution of each member of a team.

Suggested structure:
What problem you are solving:
- State the problem clearly in 2-3 short sentences.

What methodology is used:
- Describe the method(-s) that were used to solve the problem.

What are the results:
- Describe what you achieved during the course.		 1

Final assessment

Section 1

  1. Grading criteria for the midterm project presentation:
  2. 1. Problem: short clear statement on what you are solving, and why it’s important.
  3. 2. Methodology: clear statement of the methods to be used.

Section 2

  1. The activity in this section is not graded. The presentation is needed only to see the current state of the project realization.

Section 3

  1. Grading criteria for the final project presentation:
  2. 1. Problem: short clear statement on what you are solving, and why it’s important.
  3. 2. Methodology: clear statement of the methods used.
  4. 3. Results: students provided the achieved results and can interpret them

The retake exam

Section 1

  1. For the retake, students have to follow the guidelines of the course and contribute to a new project. The complexity of the product can be reduced, if it is one person working on it. The grading criteria for each section are the same as for the final project presentation. There has to be a meeting before the retake itself to plan and agree on the project content, and to answer questions.

Section 2

Section 3

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