Courses
Software as a Business
Lecture with exercise (WS 15) - Organisation
News
- 16.01. On Thursday, Jan 21, 13:00-17:30, in Dülfer-Saal (on top of Alte Mensa), Prof. Frank Furrer will give his inauguration lecture for the department and many guests. The abstract of his talk is found on this page , and the workshop's program with high-level European software architects is exceptional and free. Feel invited! Don't miss it! But please, register on the website.
- Nov 25, 2015 Nov 25, 2015: Talk Prof. James R. Cordy (School of Computing, Queen's University at Kingston, Canada) visits us and gives the talk A Program Understanding Theory of Software Complexity”
- 18.11.2015 There will be no lecture on Fr Nov 20th, because of illness.
- 16.11.2015 The lecture on Fr Nov 20th will be shorter, because we will work on Exercise Sheet 6 with the value proposition canvas.
- 6.11.2015 The next lecture on Nov 13 14:50 will take place in the HSZ (HSZ/0401), because in E023 there is Usability Day.
- 16.10.2015 There is a new group in the network Silicon Saxony about Startups
Arbeitskreis Startup. It is headed by Ronald Scholz, who will also lecture in our course on Dec 18.
Feel free to register with the next meeting on Oct 20 (see registration link). - 27.08.2015 Course is online.
Introduction
Selling software is difficult, because software obeys other business models than physical products.
This course introduces modern software business models, and structures innovation management as well as startup founding around this. Inspired by the Lean Startup movement in California, essential success factors for business cases are discussed. What is a "minimal viable product (MVP)"? What are "business model canvases (BMC)"?
Along the lectures of Prof. Aßmann, several entrepreneurs report about their experiences with the founding of startup.
Organisation
Software as a Business (SAAB) is a course with group home exercises at 2/-/- SWS (3 cp). Lectures and home exercises are both held in English.
The lecturer is Prof. Dr. Uwe Aßmann, as well as some industrial experts.
Lecturing takes place every week on Friday, 14:50 (INF E023).
Some of the lectures are exercise lectures.
Modules
The course can be used for the following modules:
- Diplom Medieninformatik (2004): MINF-04-FG-EMW
- Diplom Informatik (2004): INF-04-FG-SWT
- Bachelor Informatik: INF-AQUA
- Diplom Informatik: INF-VERT3
- Master Informatik: INF-VERT3
- Master Informatik: INF-BAS3, INF-D-940
- Master Medieninformatik: INF-BI-4, INF-BI-5
- Distributed Systems Engineering: DSE-10-E5, DSE-14-E4
- Master Math: MATH-MA-INFSEN
- Lehrexport an andere Fakultäten : INF-LE-MA
Allowances
The course can be used for the modules as specified by the department: here. Students with other exam regulations can attend the course, but cannot do the exam.