Admission requirements
Admission is conditional on submission for the minor Innovation, Co-Creation and Global Impact
A knowledge of Dutch is not necessary. You should have obtained your propedeuse before starting this minor.
Description
This course helps you to design and optimize a product/service concept by means of a pilot research. The pilot aims to test the product/service as well as assumptions underpinning your start-up.
The pilot will be approached as a design research. By making a prototype or mock-up of the intended product/service, your initial concept (and/or start-up as a whole) can be tested by potential users, partners and/or other stakeholders. The outcome of the pilot should help you to develop strategy for a sustainable start-up. The execution of your project can be challenging, because of dependencies on people, organisations and resources. In this course you will develop the mixed-method pilot research plan, execute the research for data gathering, and conduct an analysis of data gathered during the pilot execution. Also, you will learn to purposefully translate the findings into new (design) actions for the product/service and/or your start-up strategy as a whole.
Course objectives
After this course you will be able to:
… develop a mixed-method pilot research plan … evaluate the impact of a pilot experiment … make a prototype of your product/service concept … test the product/service concept within/in interaction with societal actors … convert pilot research conclusions into a sustainable start-up strategy … assess your own qualities and pitfalls … reflect on taking part in an interdisciplinary team … report on your personal learning objectives for becoming more effective … present the framing, value proposition, experiment and strategy of your start-up
Timetable
Nov 9/ 10h-14h: Define your pilot
Nov 16/ 10h-14h: Design your pilot
Nov 23/ 10h-14h: Plan your pilot
Nov 30/ 10h-14h: Pilot execution
Dec 6/ 10h-14h: Pilot execution
Dec 13/ 10h-14h: Evaluating your pilot
Dec 20/ 10h-14h: Scaling your pilot
Mode of instruction
Interactive lectures and workshops
Course Load
This is a rough breakdown of the course load
28 hours are spent on attending lectures and workshops;
21 hours are spent on preparing for the lectures;
12 hours to write an individual essay;
8 hours preparing for the group presentation;
12 hours to write a group report.
Assessment method
Assessment and grading method:
Group report 40% of final grade
Individual essay assignment 40% of final grade
Final group presentation 20% of the final grade
Obligatory attendance of the lectures and workshops (Pass or Fail)
Rounding off grades to 0,5 decimales is subject to class participation.
Blackboard
Yes
Reading list
To be announced
Registration
You have to register for both the minor and the course in Usis. Registration for this course only is not possible.
Contact
Remarks
This course is part of the minor in Innovation, Co-Creation and Global Impact. You can only take the course as part of this minor.