Courses
Software as a Business
Lecture with internship (WS 18) - Organisation
News
- 2019-01-28 Ulf Heinemann, CEO of Robotron, left a nice slide set about the "robolab", the new Robotron Incubator in Gittersee. Have fun.
- 2019-01-28 There was a wonderful "Dungeon of Dragons" today with 3 fantastic pitches. I want to thank all participants and the jury!
Dear students, please contact me if you want to work further on the MVP. I would like to pay some Hiwi jobs to prepare another pitch at the jubilee days of 50 years computer science education! - 13.01.2019 For all those who want do to an oral exam:
- Only the lectures (2 SWS) will be orally examined with a 10min oral exam.
- for the registration, send an email with a desired set of dates to st-exams Mailing list. Note that from Jan 19 on, Katrin Heber is on parental leave, and we have no secretary for the moment.
- 2018-11-23 Next Friday, we will watch videos of Techcrunch Disrupt Berlin. The winner of last year was Lia, a startup for pregnancy tests. NEWS.
- 2018-10-27 New collaborative codiMD page for a collection of problems and pains. Please extend!
New collaborative codiMD page for a collection of infos about the course. Please extend! - 2018-10-12 3 groups have been initiated: Cube-It-Light, Cube-It-Misc, Smart-Shirt. Innovation Management Platform LINC online. See subpage "WebLinks"
- 28.9. IoT Platform information 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.
At the same time, a Praktikum/internship 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.
At the same time, a Praktikum/internship 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.
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 course takes place every week on Monday, 9:20 (INF E023) and Friday, 14:50 (INF E023). Some of the dates are lectures, others are internship lectures or consultancy dates for the internship groups.
In the course, an innovation management system, LINC, will be used. The main landing page of the course in LINC is the idea page of the course.Please, start here!
The course takes place every week on Monday, 9:20 (INF E023) and Friday, 14:50 (INF E023). Some of the dates are lectures, others are internship lectures or consultancy dates for the internship groups.
In the course, an innovation management system, LINC, will be used. The main landing page of the course in LINC is the idea page of the course.Please, start here!
Internship - with Investor Pitch (Dungeon of Dragons)
The course has a new form of internship (Praktikum), in which the participants will work out a cool business model for an app on an IoT 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 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, and
- Scale.
It is planned to develop the MVPs on 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.