Courses
Software as a Business
Lecture with internship (WS 21) - Organisation
News
- 2021-12-18 Hi, we meet online Monday in our room https://bbb.tu-dresden.de/b/ale-lz5-dpi-di to see your landing pages and smoke videos. Please prepare public websites (on appropriate platforms such as chimpify,with wordpress, twitter or facebook), see free hosting list. Also, videos (on appropriate platforms such as vimeo or youtube). Use the hints from Chapter 20-22.
- 2021-11-24 MVV (minimal viable vision) pitch moved to Monday, Dec 6, 9:20.
- 2021-11-20 I confirm that we will start the pitches on Monday, 2021-11-22, 9:20 in E023. If not all groups are ready, we will continue on Friday. Then I will continue lecturing. Though the incidences are high up, I will welcome persons conforming to the 3G rule. Please, get a vaccination to safeguard your neighbors..
- 2021-11-19 I am very sorry to say that I have overlooked today a double booked date for 14:50. This means that I have to cancel the pitch session which was announced for this Friday, and move it to Monday, Nov. 22, next week.
If your group is not ready yet, let's check how to do it on Monday.
Best regards Uwe Aßmann - 2021-10-18 Note that on Fr Oct 22, we will have lecturing with Prof. Aßmann.
- 2021-09-24 Website online. Be careful: most of the news appear now in OPAL.
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.
At the same time, an internship (Praktikum) of 2 SWS is conducted. Students work in groups of 5-6 people and work out a business model for an app of an IoT platform.
This year, the topic area will be "anti-Corona apps". What can you do with your startup against Coronaviruses and the CoVID-19 disease?
OPAL website of course.
At the same time, an internship (Praktikum) of 2 SWS is conducted. Students work in groups of 5-6 people and work out a business model for an app of an IoT platform.
This year, the topic area will be "anti-Corona apps". What can you do with your startup against Coronaviruses and the CoVID-19 disease?
OPAL website of course.
Organisation
Software as a Business (SAAB) is a course with group internship at 2/0/2 SWS (6 cp). Lectures and internship are both held in English. The lecturer is Prof. Dr. Uwe Aßmann, as well as some industrial experts. The teaching assistants are from Dresden exists (Dr. Alexander Götze), Dr. Karsten Wendt (ST) and Dominik Grzelak (ST).
The course takes place every week on Monday, 9:20 (INF APB E023) and Friday, 14:50 (INF APB E023). Some of the dates are lectures, others are internship lectures or consultancy dates for the internship groups.
As long as possible, we will do hybrid teaching, i.e., teaching in presence, with video filming for re-iterating at home or later online watching. Please note that in E023, 40 attendants are allowed to take part. (Air is changed 5 times in E023.)
For online meetings in the internship, there are several options.
In the course, an innovation management system, LINC, will be used. The main landing page of the course in LINC/codiMD, this Year's landing page, and the idea page of the course. Please, start here!
The course takes place every week on Monday, 9:20 (INF APB E023) and Friday, 14:50 (INF APB E023). Some of the dates are lectures, others are internship lectures or consultancy dates for the internship groups.
As long as possible, we will do hybrid teaching, i.e., teaching in presence, with video filming for re-iterating at home or later online watching. Please note that in E023, 40 attendants are allowed to take part. (Air is changed 5 times in E023.)
For online meetings in the internship, there are several options.
In the course, an innovation management system, LINC, will be used. The main landing page of the course in LINC/codiMD, this Year's landing page, and the idea page of the course. Please, start here!
Internship - with Investor Pitch (Dungeon of Dragons)
Part of the course has the form of an internship (Praktikum), in which the participants will work out a cool business model for an app, an embedded system on an IoT Platform, or a web platform. In the first weeks, students will select a platform and brainstorm an innovative idea for an app. Then, the three phases of Lean Startup will be exercised:
It is planned to develop the MVPs on several software and IoT platforms, which are an interesting disruptive technology these days creating many new app ideas. Look here at the page of the IoT platforms of the ST group, which will be a useful start.
- Problem-Solution Fit
- Product-Market Fit
- Product Scale
It is planned to develop the MVPs on several software and IoT platforms, which are an interesting disruptive technology these days creating many new app ideas. Look here at the page of the IoT platforms of the ST group, which will be a useful start.
Use in Modules
The course can be used for the modules as specified by the department. Students with other exam regulations can attend the course, but cannot do the exam. Sometimes, modules are missing, so that we have to register them a posteriori. Please, tell us.
At least, the course can be used for the following modules:
At least, 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.