A detailed, up-to-date course schedule is below; any important change will be highlighted in red.
| WK | DATE | TOPIC | READINGS AND EXCERCISES | DUE |
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1.1 |
1/15 |
Course Overview: Objectives and Deliverables |
Review the course site, especially a) this schedule, and b) team project information |
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| 1.2 | 1/17 | Persuasion and Communication with Decks |
“Why some people are more innovative” by Clayton Christensen “Persuasion and communication with decks” blog post by Munir Manvivalla |
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| 2.1 | 1/22 | Systems and Systems Thinking: How to Pin Down a Problem in Business |
“Systems thinking” from thinking.net “Images of Organization” by Morgan, pp. 3–13 |
Blog Comment 1 |
| 2.2 | 1/24 |
End of the First Sprint Create and prepare to present a deck in which you report a) what is the problem and why did you choose a particular project, b) what are your success factors for the project, c) how do you intend to approach the problem, and d) what is your ToDo for the next sprint. Each team has 10 minutes to present and 5 minutes for questions and answers. |
Team project debrief – see appropriate section here | |
| 3.1 | 1/29 |
Systems and Systems Thinking: How to Pin Down a Problem in Business Continued… |
“Organizational architecture” and “Organizational structure” articles from Wikipedia | Case Analysis 1: Information Technology at Cirque du Soleil – see more information here |
| 3.2 | 1/31 | Business Benefits from IT: Strategic, Financial, Technical Value |
“Everything is measurable” from CIO.com “The Beauty and Perils of Metrics” from Mercury Magazine |
Blog Post 1 |
| 4.1 | 2/5 |
Business Benefits from IT: Strategic, Financial, Technical Value Continued… |
“The Built-to-Purpose IT Organization” – login to TUportal, click Gartner Gateway on the left, search for G00307927 | |
| 4.2 | 2/7 | End of the Second Sprint (graded)
Create and prepare to present a deck in which you report a) what have you achieved – against your ToDo, b) any changes you feel are necessary to the overall framing of the project, and c) what is your ToDo for the next sprint. Each team has 10 minutes to present and 5 minutes for questions and answers. |
Project website created and a) Project charter and b) deck (that is, your presentation slides) made available through the website |
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| 5.1 | 2/12 |
Flexible session – the content of this session will depend on the progression of the course at this point. |
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Case Analysis 2: Tesla Motors – see more information here |
| 5.2 | 2/14 | EXAM 1 | ||
| 6.1 | 2/19 | NO CLASSES; work independently on your projects |
Blog Post 2 and Blog Comment 2 and 3 |
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| 6.2 | 2/21 | End of the Third Sprint (graded)
Create and prepare to present a deck in which you report a) what have you achieved – against your ToDo, b) what kind of solution you intend to provide, and c) what is your ToDo for the next sprint. Each team has 10 minutes to present and 5 minutes for question and answers. |
Project website improved and Updated a) Project charter and b) deck made available through the website |
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| 7.1 | 2/26 | Prototyping and Demonstrating a Solution | “Use scenarios” and “User personas” from usability.gov | |
| 7.2 | 2/28 |
Prototyping and Demonstrating a Solution Continued… |
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| 8.1 | 3/5 |
NO CLASSES (Spring recess) |
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| 8.2 | 3/7 |
NO CLASSES (Spring recess) |
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| 9.1 | 3/12 | IT Evaluation: Assessing and Evaluating IT Projects |
Blog Comment 4 |
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| 9.2 | 3/14 |
End of the Fourth Sprint (graded) Each team has 10 minutes to present whatever they want to get useful feedback and 5 minutes for question and answers. |
Updated project documents made available through the website | |
| 10.1 | 3/19 |
Disruptive Innovation |
“Seeing What’s Next: Introduction and Chapter 1, Signals of Change” from HBS coursepack and “What is disruptive innovation?” from YouTube and “Disruptive innovation tutorial”from YouTube and “Reinventing your business model” from innosight.com |
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| 10.2 | 3/21 |
Disruptive Innovation Continued… |
“The Disruption Machine” from the New Yorker and “GE’s Big Bet on Data and Analytics” from Sloan Management Review (you can access on Temple’s network) |
Blog Post 3 and Blog Comment 5 and 6 |
| 11.1 | 3/26 |
Summary: Putting It All Together |
“The art of integrative thinking” from Rotman Management and “Decisive: Book Review” by Michael Hyatt |
Case Analysis 3: AI/ML/analytics case of your choice – see more information here |
| 11.2 | 3/28 |
End of the Fifth Sprint (graded) Each team has 10 minutes to present whatever they want to get useful feedback and 5 minutes for question and answers. |
Updated project documents made available through the website | |
| 12.1 | 4/2 |
EXAM 2 |
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| 12.2 | 4/4 |
Flexible session – the content of this session will depend on the progression of the course at this point. |
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| 13.1 | 4/9 |
Flexible session – the content of this session will depend on the progression of the course at this point. |
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| 13.2 | 4/11 |
End of the Sixth Sprint: Final Presentation Practice (graded) Each team has 10 minutes to present whatever they want to get useful feedback and 5 minutes for question and answers. |
Updated project documents made available through the website | |
| 14.1 | 4/16 |
Groups meet one-to-one with the instructor to polish their work for the final presentations. |
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| 14.2 | 4/18 | Groups meet one-to-one with the instructor to polish their work for the final presentations. | ||
| 15.1 | 4/23 |
Final Presentations (graded) More details to follow… |
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| 15.2 | 4/25 |
NO CLASSES |
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