Erinevus lehekülje "ITI8740" redaktsioonide vahel

Viimane redaktsioon: 19. august 2026, kell 19:22

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, 14:00-17:15, MEK-122
Teams channel: ITI8740/ITX8522 Team Project (2025), regitration code: TBC
Moodle: https://moodle.taltech.ee/course/view.php?id=36194
Course archive: https://courses.cs.taltech.ee/pages/ITI8740_2025

Primary Goals

The primary purpose of the goal is to give an experience of discovering, specifying, developing, and documenting a real-life business problem. Also to organize 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 an established organization.
- ... formulated a problem statement and validated it with a real target audience.
- ... built a Minimal Viable (Lovable) Product that solves said problem.

Lectures

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

@@ 5. rida: / 5. rida: @@
 '''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>
+'''Date, time, location:''' Thursdays, 14:00-17:15, '''MEK-122'''<br>
-'''Teams channel:''' ITI8740/ITX8522 Team Project (2025), regitration code: <b>itc8jau</b><br>
+'''Teams channel:''' ITI8740/ITX8522 Team Project (2025), regitration code: <b>TBC</b><br>
 '''Moodle:''' https://moodle.taltech.ee/course/view.php?id=36194<br>
-'''Course archive: https://courses.cs.taltech.ee/pages/ITI8740_2024
+'''Course archive: https://courses.cs.taltech.ee/pages/ITI8740_2025
 == 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.
+The primary purpose of the goal is to give an experience of discovering, specifying, developing, and documenting a real-life business problem. Also to organize 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>
+- ... have an understanding of methods, tools and approaches that can be used when initiating a new startup or in-house project in an established organization.<br>
-- ... formulated a problem statement and validated it on a real target audience.<br>
+- ... formulated a problem statement and validated it with 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>
-=== 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.
-=== Week 16: Guest Lecture - Vitalii Lakusta (Pactum) ===
 TBC
 == Reading Materials ==