Lehekülje ITI8740 lähteteksti vaatamine

'''Course''': ITI8740 Software Development Team project<br>
'''Course alias:''' ITX8522 Software Entrepreneurship Project<br>
'''Lecturer''': [https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-verrev Martin Verrev]<br>
'''Language''': Estonian/English<br>
'''Credit Points''': 12 ECT<br>
'''Contact''': martin.verrev ätt taltech.ee, ICT-422<br>
'''Date, time, location:''' Thursdays, 16:00-19:15, '''U06-209'''<br>
'''Teams channel:''' ITI8740/ITX8522 Team Project (2025), regitration code: <b>itc8jau</b><br>
'''Moodle:''' https://moodle.taltech.ee/course/view.php?id=36194<br>
'''Course archive: https://courses.cs.taltech.ee/pages/ITI8740_2024  

== 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.

After the course you ...<br>
- ... have an understanding of methods, tools and approaches that can be used when initiating a new startup or in-house project in established organization.<br>
- ... formulated a problem statement and validated it on a real target audience.<br>
- ... built a Minimal Viable (Lovable) Product that solves said problem.<br>

== Lectures ==

=== Week 1: Introduction. Painkillers, Vitamins, Candy. ===
[[Media:ITI8740_25_01_Introduction.pdf | Slides]]

=== Week 2: Presentation of ideas. Team formation ===
[[Media:ITI8740_25_02_Team_Formation.pdf | Slides]]

===== Home Assignment (September 11) =====

- Please think of the problem you want to solve and be ready to present it in 90 seconds. <br>
- Check slides from Lecture 1 for guidance. <br>
- Write down the answer to questions on slide 23 from lecture 1.<br>
- Do not overthink - pick something you would like to do and what is also viable.<br>
- Also upload it here: https://moodle.taltech.ee/mod/assign/view.php?id=814000

=== Week 3: Introduction to Lean Startup ===
Lecture: [[Media:ITI8740_25_03_Intro_to_Lean_Startup.pdf | Lecture Slides]]<br>
Practice session: [[Media:ITI8740_25_03P_Lean_Canvas_01.pdf | Lean Canvas Intro ]]

===== Home Assignment (September 18) =====
Have a kick-off meeting and set up project environment. See slides from Lecture 2, pages 29..30 for instructions.



=== Week 4: Minimal Viable/Lovable Product ===
Lecture: [[Media:ITI8740_25_04_MVP.pdf | Lecture Slides]]<br>

===== Home Assignment (September 25) =====
Find at least 5 similar companies, applications or ventures as your project. Good starting points would be Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/, TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/ or Reddit. Describe for each of them, what they do well, what could be copied and what could be improved.
Do not forget to add the URLs. If possible complete the assignment before weekly meeting with supervisor. 
Save the results as PDF and upload here: https://moodle.taltech.ee/mod/assign/view.php?id=826158


=== Week 5: Talking to Customers. Mom Test ===
Lecture: [[Media:ITI8740_25_05_Mom_Test.pdf | Lecture Slides]]<br>
Practice session: [[Media:ITI8740_25_04P_Lean_Canvas_02.pdf | Lean Canvas (continued) ]]


=== Week 6: Modelling <strong>Team Demos</strong> ===

[[Media:ITI8740_25_06_Modelling.pdf | Slides]]

We shall have small demos (max 15 minute per team) at the beginning of the class. The demo should give overview 
what has been learned about the problem, customers, market etc (lean canvas) - also the things built so far.


=== Week 7: Metrics ===

Lecture: [[Media:ITI8740_25_07_Metrics.pdf | Lecture Slides]]<br> 
Practice session: [[Media:ITI8740_25_06P_Figma.pdf | Modelling excercises ]]

=== Week 8: Content ===

Lecture: [[Media:ITI8740_25_08_Content.pdf | Lecture Slides]]

Practice: [[Media:ITI8740_25_08P_Content.pdf | Practice]]

===== Home Assignment (October 23) =====
<strong>Background:</strong> The customer is a store for third wave coffee. Figure out the primary flow, information displayed and minimal set of views. The views should contain "real" photos and texts.<br>
<strong>Task:</strong> Hand craft the wireframes in Figma and be ready to present them on Thursday, October 24.

=== Week 09: Team Demos/Content Continued ===

Lecture: [[Media:ITI8740_25_09_Content.pdf | Lecture Slides]]<br>
Practice Session: [[Media:ITI8740_25_09p_Content.pdf | Slides]]<br>

[[ITI8740_Demo_Structure | Demo Structure]]<br>

==== Week 10: Guest Lecture - Brand Value ====

The guest lecture by Toomas Verrev (https://ee.linkedin.com/in/toomas-verrev-a522231a) will take place on site in regular classroom U06-129.

== Reading Materials ==

* Book: Running Lean by Ash Maurya. https://danielpandza.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/running-lean.pdf 



== Completing the Course ==

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 customer, attempted seed funding.
* Figured out and validated pricing model.
* ...
* Have compiled project [[Final_Documentation | documentation]].

==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