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= Market Research for IT Startups =
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= Enterprise programming on Javascript - Advanced =
  
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* '''Course name''': Enterprise programming on Javascript - Advanced
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* '''Course name''': Market Research for IT Startups
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* '''Code discipline''': CSE122
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* '''Code discipline''':
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* '''Subject area''': Software Engineering
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* '''Subject area''': Technological Entrepreneurship
   
 
== Short Description ==
  
== Short Description ==
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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
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This is an advanced course in web development.
  
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It offers advanced techniques and tools that can be applied within professional enterprise JavaScript development using React and express. During the course, students will learn more about processes in modern enterprise web development; We will take an overview on client-server communication patterns and authorization techniques, learn about advanced application optimization methods, microfrontends, testing. Also, we will take a brief interview on mobile and desktop development with JavaScript and build a full-fledged web application.
  
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This course requires base knowledge in HTML, CSS, JS and React.
  
   
 
== Prerequisites ==
  
== Prerequisites ==
   
 
=== Prerequisite subjects ===
  
=== Prerequisite subjects ===
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* CSE101
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* N/A
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* CSE102
  
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* CSE122 or CSE120
  
   
 
=== Prerequisite topics ===
  
=== Prerequisite topics ===
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* N/A
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* Basic programming skills.
  
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* OOP, and software design.
  
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* Familiarity with some development framework or technology (web or mobile)
  
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* Javascript
  
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* HTML
  
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* CSS
  
   
 
== Course Topics ==
  
== Course Topics ==
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! Section !! Topics within the section
  
! Section !! Topics within the section
 
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| Introduction ||
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| Ideation tools ||
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# Art VS Creativity
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# Intro to micro frontend modules architecture
  
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# Ability to discover
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# Group projects
  
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# How to generate ideas
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# Enterprise tools to maintain project
  
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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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| Architecture ||
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| Market research content ||
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# Types of research: primary vs secondary
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# Enterprise ready technology
  
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# How to plan a research
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# Monolith versus Micro modules
  
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# Market research chapters content
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# Architecture of micro modules based web application
  
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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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| UI/UX/react ||
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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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# React
  
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# The "Mum's Test"
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# UI/UX
  
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# Jobs-To-Be-Done
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# UI-kit
  
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# Good and bad interview questions
 
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| Nodejs ||
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| Market sizing ||
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# Market analysis VS market sizing
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# NodeJS introduction
  
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# Sizing stakeholders and their interests
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# Dev server
  
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# Sizing methods
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# TAM SAM SOM calculation examples
 
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| Testing App ||
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| Data for a research ||
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# Sources and tools for competitors overview
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# Unit testing
  
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# Sources and tools for product and traffic analysis
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# Component testing
  
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# Sources and tools for trend watching
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# e2e testing
  
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# Life hacks for search
 
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| Security in web ||
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| Founder motivation ||
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# Ways to Stay Motivated as an Entrepreneur
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# Authorization/Authentication
  
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# Exercises for founders motivation
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# JWT token
  
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# CORS
  
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# Web attacks
  
 
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| Optimization ||
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| Pitch Day ||
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# Market research results presentations
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# Web optimization
  
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# React optimization
  
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== Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) ==
  
== Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) ==
   
 
=== What is the main purpose of this course? ===
  
=== What is the main purpose of this course? ===
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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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What is the main goal of this course formulated in one sentence?
  
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The main purpose of this course is to enable a student to go from an idea to an MVP with the focus on delivering value to the customer and building the product in close to enterprise environment.
  
   
 
=== 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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* Market research techniques using open data,
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* Explain web app Architecture
  
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* Typology of market assessment methods,
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* Understand ui/ux design system
  
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* Types of research data and their application,
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* Describe client/server communication
  
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* Market research components: competitors overview, value proposition, trend watching, venture status, business models, buyers profile etc
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* Understand importance of testing
  
   
 
==== 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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* Methods of ideation,
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* Build web app Architecture
  
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* TAM SAM SOM method, 2 approaches,
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* Develop Design system
  
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* Applied tools and resources for market sizing,
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* Developer server
  
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* Principles to work with business hypotheses
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* Write Maintainable Tests
  
   
 
==== 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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* Identify and describe the market
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* Implement modern micro frontend architecture
  
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* Assess market potential for any business idea
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* Understand enterprise programming
 
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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
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== Grading ==
  
== Grading ==
   
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! Grade !! Range !! Description of performance
  
! Grade !! Range !! Description of performance
 
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| A. Excellent || 90-100 || -
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| A. Excellent || 85.0-100.0 || -
 
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| B. Good || 75-89 || -
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| B. Good || 70.0-84.0 || -
 
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| C. Satisfactory || 60-74 || -
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| C. Satisfactory || 50.0-69.0 || -
 
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| D. Fail || 0-59 || -
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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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| Paper #0: Market research structure || 0-10 scale (costs 10% final)
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| Cource project || 45
  
 
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| Paper #1: TAM SAM SOM || 0-10 scale (costs 20% final)
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| Oral Exam || 45
  
 
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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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| Increment Demo || 10
  
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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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=== 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 is the key to success in this course.<br>You will work in teams, so coordinating teamwork will be an important factor for success. This is also reflected in the peer review being a graded item.<br>Review lecture materials before classes.<br>Visit technical meetings to ask questions about previous materials
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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
   
 
== 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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* ReactJS documentation,
  
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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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* ReduxJS Toolkit documentation,
  
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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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* NodeJS documentation,
  
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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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* Bitbucket
  
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* Miro.com
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* Jira
  
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* Notion.com
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* Miro
  
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* Figma
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* MS Teams
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= Teaching Methodology: Methods, techniques, & activities =
  
= Teaching Methodology: Methods, techniques, & activities =
   
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| Project-based learning (students work on a project) || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Modular learning (facilitated self-study) || 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 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
  
| 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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| 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
  
| 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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| 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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| развивающего обучения (задания и материал "прокачивают" ещё нераскрытые возможности студентов); || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
  
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| концентрированного обучения (занятия по одной большой теме логически объединяются); || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
  
 
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| inquiry-based learning || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
  
| inquiry-based learning || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Just-in-time teaching || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
  
 
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! Learning Activities !! Section 1 !! Section 2 !! Section 3 !! Section 4 !! Section 5 !! Section 6 !! Section 7
  
! Learning Activities !! Section 1 !! Section 2 !! Section 3 !! Section 4 !! Section 5 !! Section 6 !! Section 7
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| Lectures || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
  
 
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| Interactive Lectures || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
  
| Interactive Lectures || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
 
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| Development of individual parts of software product code || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Lab exercises || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0
 
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| Group projects || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Group projects || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
 
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| Peer Review || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Flipped classroom || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0
 
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| Discussions || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
  
| Discussions || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
 
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| Presentations by students || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Presentations by students || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1
 
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| Oral Reports || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1
 
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| Oral Reports || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Experiments || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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| Written reports || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
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| Peer Review || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1
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== Formative Assessment and Course Activities ==
  
== Formative Assessment and Course Activities ==
   
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! Activity Type !! Content !! Is Graded?
  
! Activity Type !! Content !! Is Graded?
 
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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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| Group Project Work || Make teams<br>Define project idea<br><br> || 0
  
 
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| Workshop || Break into teams, choose from the list below 1 tool to work with. Use the templates to create new business ideas. Summarize the results. Share your results and experience of using the template with other teams || 1
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| Demo of increment || Present project idea<br> || 1
  
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| Exercise || Start an "Idea diary" (not necessarily business ideas): create a convenient place for notes (notion, pinterest, instagram, paper notebook, etc.). Note the time/place/circumstances of ideas coming, learn to write down ideas. Draw conclusions from 1 week's work: where, when, how, why new ideas arise and whether you can manage their flow. || 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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| Group Project Work || Startup project<br>Create repository<br>Deploy application<br><br> || 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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| Demo of increment || Present hello world application on production environment<br> || 1
  
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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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==== Section 3 ====
 
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| Group Project Work || Make html/css markup of project features<br><br> || 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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| Demo of increment || Present styled application on production environment<br> || 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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| Workshop || Estimate your target market using the TAM-SAM-SOM template in MIRO. Explain the data. || 1
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| Group Project Work || Develop server part of application<br>Connect web application with server part<br><br> || 0
  
 
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| Case study || Learn a market sizing case: online babysitting service || 0
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| Demo of increment || Present communication between web and server applications on production environment<br> || 1
  
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==== Section 5 ====
  
==== Section 5 ====
 
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| Workshop || Use 3 tools from this lesson's theory that you are least familiar with or have not used at all. From each source, take one insight on the state of your project's market. (For example, the total size of your target market, a leading competitor, number of users, or a growing trend) || 0
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| Group Project Work || Add tests to application with 80% coverage<br><br> || 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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| Demo of increment || Show test coverage<br> || 1
  
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==== Section 6 ====
 
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| Workshop || Exercises: <br> Personal SWOT Analysis <br> List of Personal Achievements <br> Analysis of Motivating Activities <br> Your Personal Vision || 0
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| Group Project Work || Finalize project<br><br> || 0
  
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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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| Demo of increment || Present application increment on production environment<br> || 1
  
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=== Final assessment ===
  
=== Final assessment ===
 
'''Section 1'''
  
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# Can be a final exam, project defense, or some other equivalent of the final exam.
  
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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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# For the final assessment, students present their project work they have accomplished during the course.
  
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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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# Grading criteria for the final project presentation:
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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 retake exam ===
 
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# For the retake, students have to implement a product and follow the guidelines of the course. 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 product ideas, and to answer questions.
  
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Latest revision as of 09:50, 29 May 2023

Market Research for IT Startups

  • Course name: Market Research for IT Startups
  • Code discipline:
  • Subject area: Technological Entrepreneurship

Short Description

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

Prerequisite subjects

  • N/A

Prerequisite topics

  • N/A

Course Topics

Course Sections and Topics
Section Topics within the section
Ideation tools
  1. Art VS Creativity
  2. Ability to discover
  3. How to generate ideas
  4. Creativity sources
  5. Ideation in groups
  6. Rules for ideation for startups
Market research content
  1. Types of research: primary vs secondary
  2. How to plan a research
  3. Market research chapters content
  4. Frameworks used in a market research (SWOT, Persona, etc)
  5. Tools and sources to conduct a competitors analysis
Customer development
  1. Interviews are the main tool for “Get Out The Building” technique
  2. The "Mum's Test"
  3. Jobs-To-Be-Done
  4. Good and bad interview questions
Market sizing
  1. Market analysis VS market sizing
  2. Sizing stakeholders and their interests
  3. Sizing methods
  4. TAM SAM SOM calculation examples
Data for a research
  1. Sources and tools for competitors overview
  2. Sources and tools for product and traffic analysis
  3. Sources and tools for trend watching
  4. Life hacks for search
Founder motivation
  1. Ways to Stay Motivated as an Entrepreneur
  2. Exercises for founders motivation
Pitch Day
  1. Market research results presentations

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

What is the main purpose of this course?

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.

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 ...

  • Market research techniques using open data,
  • Typology of market assessment methods,
  • Types of research data and their application,
  • Market research components: competitors overview, value proposition, trend watching, venture status, business models, buyers profile etc

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 ...

  • Methods of ideation,
  • TAM SAM SOM method, 2 approaches,
  • Applied tools and resources for market sizing,
  • Principles to work with business hypotheses

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 ...

  • Identify and describe the market
  • Assess market potential for any business idea
  • Conduct relevant market research before starting up a business
  • Use the most relevant and high-quality data for a market research

Grading

Course grading range

Grade Range Description of performance
A. Excellent 85.0-100.0 -
B. Good 70.0-84.0 -
C. Satisfactory 50.0-69.0 -
D. Fail 0.0-50.0 -

Course activities and grading breakdown

Activity Type Percentage of the overall course grade
Paper #0: Market research structure 0-10 scale (costs 10% final)
Paper #1: TAM SAM SOM 0-10 scale (costs 20% final)
Workshops activity 3 points for each of 7 workshops: 1 point=participation, 2 points=discussion, 3 points=valuable results (costs 21% final)
Paper #2: Market research 0-10 scale (costs 30% final)
Final Presentation 0-10 scale (costs 20% final)

Recommendations for students on how to succeed in the course

Participation is important. Showing up and participating in discussions is the key to success in this course.
Students work in teams, so coordinating teamwork will be an important factor for success.
Reading the provided materials is mandatory, as lectures will mainly consist of discussions and reflections not slides or reading from scratch.
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

Resources, literature and reference materials

Open access resources

  • - article with reflections on the methodology book on the 55 typical business models
  • - 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.
  • - 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.
  • A selection of with a summary of key ideas from Harvard Business Review
  • F. Sesno "" - the book on how to get information out of people through questions.
  • a visual guide book to dealing with your inner procrastinator

Closed access resources

  • Crunchbase.com
  • Statista.com

Software and tools used within the course

  • Boardofinnovation.com
  • Miro.com
  • Notion.com
  • MS Teams

Teaching Methodology: Methods, techniques, & activities

Activities and Teaching Methods

Teaching and Learning Methods within each section
Teaching Techniques Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7
Problem-based learning (students learn by solving open-ended problems without a strictly-defined solution) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Project-based learning (students work on a project) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Differentiated learning (provide tasks and activities at several levels of difficulty to fit students needs and level) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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
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
inquiry-based learning 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Activities within each section
Learning Activities Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7
Interactive Lectures 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lab exercises 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Group projects 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Flipped classroom 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Discussions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Presentations by students 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Oral Reports 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Cases studies 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
Experiments 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Written reports 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Individual Projects 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Peer Review 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Formative Assessment and Course Activities

Ongoing performance assessment

Section 1

Activity Type Content Is Graded?
Discussion Difference between Art and Creativity. Examples from your personal experience
Tools to manage your attention: work with exercises above
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?
Idea diary: share your experience, was it useful? How to keep motivation to continue?
Sharing your business ideas: is it risky for a founder? Why?
Name and discuss principles of hypothesis thinking
Name and comment on ideation tool you know. Did you have an experience with it?
Where to take creativity? Your advice
Lets find examples of “Steal like an artist” approach among startups
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
Workshop Break into teams, choose from the list below 1 tool to work with. Use the templates to create new business ideas. Summarize the results. Share your results and experience of using the template with other teams 1
Exercise Start an "Idea diary" (not necessarily business ideas): create a convenient place for notes (notion, pinterest, instagram, paper notebook, etc.). Note the time/place/circumstances of ideas coming, learn to write down ideas. Draw conclusions from 1 week's work: where, when, how, why new ideas arise and whether you can manage their flow. 0

Section 2

Activity Type Content Is Graded?
Discussion What are the basic steps in market research?
What are the commonly used market research methods?
What research question types can be asked in surveys?
Should startup prefer primary or secondary research?		 0
Workshop SWOT analysis: compare your business idea with competitors and market situation
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
Home written assignment Market research doc: create a structure that is:
1-2 pages long
Describes your business idea
Contains the structure of your future research
Contains a list of questions to answer during the research for each chapter proposed
Contains links and references to data sources potentilly interesting to use in a research
Its feasible: it should be a chance you may answer all the questions stated in the doc
The doc format is designed and well structured		 1

Section 3

Activity Type Content Is Graded?
Oral test Good or bad interview question?
Useful or useless feedback?		 0
Workshop Work on your customer profile using the Persona template. Make a client interview script with the help of the Problem-validation-script. 1
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

Section 4

Activity Type Content Is Graded?
Workshop Estimate your target market using the TAM-SAM-SOM template in MIRO. Explain the data. 1
Case study Learn a market sizing case: online babysitting service 0

Section 5

Activity Type Content Is Graded?
Workshop Use 3 tools from this lesson's theory that you are least familiar with or have not used at all. From each source, take one insight on the state of your project's market. (For example, the total size of your target market, a leading competitor, number of users, or a growing trend) 0
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

Section 6

Activity Type Content Is Graded?
Workshop Exercises:
Personal SWOT Analysis
List of Personal Achievements
Analysis of Motivating Activities
Your Personal Vision		 0

Section 7

Activity Type Content Is Graded?
Pitch session The final Market Research report should follow the structure discussed
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

Final assessment

Section 1

  1. For the final assessment, students should complete the Market Research paper.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Grading criteria for the final project presentation:
  5. Market sizing has been carried out
  6. Customer segments are named
  7. Сompetitor analysis has been conducted
  8. At least 2 prominent data sources are used
  9. Customer discovery interviews conducted
  10. Future steps are mapped out
  11. The final report is visualized clearly and transparent

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The retake exam

Section 1

  1. For the retake, students have to submit the results of the market sizing exercise with the TAM SAM SOM method in the form of a visual framework studied.

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