Erinevus lehekülje "ITI8740" redaktsioonide vahel
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'''Course alias:''' ITX8522 Software Entrepreneurship Project<br> | '''Course alias:''' ITX8522 Software Entrepreneurship Project<br> | ||
'''Lecturer''': [https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-verrev Martin Verrev]<br> | '''Lecturer''': [https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-verrev Martin Verrev]<br> | ||
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'''Credit Points''': 12 ECT<br> | '''Credit Points''': 12 ECT<br> | ||
'''Contact''': martin.verrev ätt taltech.ee, ICT-422<br> | '''Contact''': martin.verrev ätt taltech.ee, ICT-422<br> | ||
| − | '''Date, time, location:''' Thursdays, 16:00- | + | '''Date, time, location:''' Thursdays, 16:00-19:15, '''U06-209'''<br> |
| − | '''Teams channel: ''' ITI8740/ITX8522 | + | '''Teams channel:''' ITI8740/ITX8522 Team Project (2025), regitration code: <b>itc8jau</b><br> |
| − | '''Course archive: https://courses.cs.taltech.ee/pages/ | + | '''Moodle:''' https://moodle.taltech.ee/course/view.php?id=36194<br> |
| − | + | '''Course archive: https://courses.cs.taltech.ee/pages/ITI8740_2024 | |
== Primary Goals == | == Primary Goals == | ||
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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. | 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]] | |
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| − | == | + | ===== 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 | ||
| − | [[Media: | + | === 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 ]] | ||
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| + | Have a kick-off meeting and set up project environment. See slides from Lecture 2, pages 29..30 for instructions. | ||
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| − | + | === 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 | ||
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| − | [[Media: | + | === 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) ]] | ||
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| − | + | === 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. | ||
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| − | + | === 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 === | |
| − | [[Media: | + | Lecture: [[Media:ITI8740_25_09_Content.pdf | Lecture Slides]]<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. | |
| − | + | === Week 11: Practical Branding === | |
| − | + | Lecture: [[Media:ITI8740_25_11_Practical_Branding.pdf | Lecture Slides]]<br> | |
| − | + | === Week 12: Money and Financing === | |
| − | + | The slides will be shared internally on course Teams Channel | |
| − | + | === Week 13: Guest Lecture - Siim Rebane (Lingvist) === | |
| − | + | The guest lecture by Siim Rebane (https://www.linkedin.com/in/siim-rebane-83991322/) will take place on site in regular classroom U06-129. | |
| + | Siim will talk about technologies and challenges when building and scaling a robust and sustainable startup based on his experiences as a current Head of Engineering at Lingvist (https://lingvist.com/) and at his previous ventures | ||
| − | + | === Week 14: Guest Lecture - Uku Tammet (ex-Wise, Handhold.io) === | |
| − | + | The lecture by Uku Tammet (https://www.linkedin.com/in/uku-tammet) will take place at U06-229 at 14:00. Uku will talk about his experiences with tech in established companines and about skills and superpowers needed to start a new venture. The lecture will take place on-site. The lecture recording (from 1:44) is available at https://echo360.org.uk/lesson/G_8274745e-b5fd-4fab-8006-b809f9a864c1_9846ff1d-05bf-4dd7-8cc5-c23e2d97d19d_2025-12-04T12:15:00.000_2025-12-04T15:32:00.000/classroom | |
| − | + | === Week 15: 18:00, ICT-411 Guest Lecture: Kieren Lovell === | |
| + | Kieren Lovell https://www.linkedin.com/in/kierenl/ will talk about his experiences in academia, military and startups. In addition he will give a hands-on course on public speaking and pitching. | ||
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| − | + | == Reading Materials == | |
| − | + | * Book: Running Lean by Ash Maurya. https://danielpandza.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/running-lean.pdf | |
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| − | + | == Completing the Course == | |
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| − | + | By the end of the course: | |
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| − | + | * 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== | ==Evaluation== | ||
Viimane redaktsioon: 4. detsember 2025, kell 14:01
Course: ITI8740 Software Development Team project
Course alias: ITX8522 Software Entrepreneurship Project
Lecturer: Martin Verrev
Language: Estonian/English
Credit Points: 12 ECT
Contact: martin.verrev ätt taltech.ee, ICT-422
Date, time, location: Thursdays, 16:00-19:15, U06-209
Teams channel: ITI8740/ITX8522 Team Project (2025), regitration code: itc8jau
Moodle: https://moodle.taltech.ee/course/view.php?id=36194
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 ...
- ... have an understanding of methods, tools and approaches that can be used when initiating a new startup or in-house project in established organization.
- ... formulated a problem statement and validated it on a real target audience.
- ... built a Minimal Viable (Lovable) Product that solves said problem.
Lectures
Week 1: Introduction. Painkillers, Vitamins, Candy.
Week 2: Presentation of ideas. Team formation
Home Assignment (September 11)
- Please think of the problem you want to solve and be ready to present it in 90 seconds.
- Check slides from Lecture 1 for guidance.
- Write down the answer to questions on slide 23 from lecture 1.
- Do not overthink - pick something you would like to do and what is also viable.
- Also upload it here: https://moodle.taltech.ee/mod/assign/view.php?id=814000
Week 3: Introduction to Lean Startup
Lecture: Lecture Slides
Practice session: 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: Lecture Slides
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: Lecture Slides
Practice session: Lean Canvas (continued)
Week 6: Modelling Team Demos
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: Lecture Slides
Practice session: Modelling excercises
Week 8: Content
Lecture: Lecture Slides
Practice: Practice
Home Assignment (October 23)
Background: 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.
Task: Hand craft the wireframes in Figma and be ready to present them on Thursday, October 24.
Week 09: Team Demos/Content Continued
Lecture: Lecture Slides
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.
Week 11: Practical Branding
Lecture: Lecture Slides
Week 12: Money and Financing
The slides will be shared internally on course Teams Channel
Week 13: Guest Lecture - Siim Rebane (Lingvist)
The guest lecture by Siim Rebane (https://www.linkedin.com/in/siim-rebane-83991322/) will take place on site in regular classroom U06-129. Siim will talk about technologies and challenges when building and scaling a robust and sustainable startup based on his experiences as a current Head of Engineering at Lingvist (https://lingvist.com/) and at his previous ventures
Week 14: Guest Lecture - Uku Tammet (ex-Wise, Handhold.io)
The lecture by Uku Tammet (https://www.linkedin.com/in/uku-tammet) will take place at U06-229 at 14:00. Uku will talk about his experiences with tech in established companines and about skills and superpowers needed to start a new venture. The lecture will take place on-site. The lecture recording (from 1:44) is available at https://echo360.org.uk/lesson/G_8274745e-b5fd-4fab-8006-b809f9a864c1_9846ff1d-05bf-4dd7-8cc5-c23e2d97d19d_2025-12-04T12:15:00.000_2025-12-04T15:32:00.000/classroom
Week 15: 18:00, ICT-411 Guest Lecture: Kieren Lovell
Kieren Lovell https://www.linkedin.com/in/kierenl/ will talk about his experiences in academia, military and startups. In addition he will give a hands-on course on public speaking and pitching.
Week 16: Guest Lecture - Vitalii Lakusta (Pactum)
TBC
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 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