A detailed schedule is below; any important change will be highlighted in red.
All deliverables are DUE prior to the beginning of class.
| WK | DATE | TOPIC | READINGS AND EXERCISES | DUE |
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1.1 |
1/14 |
Course Overview: Objectives and Deliverable |
Review the course site in details, especially this schedule, and the team project information |
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| 1.2 | 1/16 | Persuasion and Communication with Decks |
“Why some people are more innovative” by Clayton Christensen “Persuasion and communication with decks” blog post by Munir Manvivalla |
Team list |
| 2.1 | 1/23 | 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 |
Project selection Blog Comment 1 |
| 2.2 | 1/28 |
End of the First Sprint Create and be prepared to present a deck in which you report : a) what is the problem or potential business application and why did you choose a particular project/technology, 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 (Q&A) |
Team project debrief – see appropriate section here | |
| 3.1 | 1/30 |
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 | 2/4 | 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 | 2/6 |
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 | 2/11 | End of the Second Sprint (graded)
Create and come prepared 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 Q&A |
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 | 2/13 |
Flexible session – the content of this session will depend on the progression of the course at this point. |
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| 5.2 | 2/18 | EXAM 1 | ||
| 6.1 | 2/20 | NO CLASSES; work independently on your projects |
Blog Post 2 and Blog Comment 2 and 3 |
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| 6.2 | 2/25 | End of the Third Sprint (graded)
Create and be prepared 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 Q&A |
Project website improved and Updated a) Project charter and b) deck made available through the website |
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| 7.1 | 2/27 | NO CLASSES: work independently on your projects |
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| 7.2 | 3/4 |
NO CLASSES (Spring break) |
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| 8.1 | 3/6 |
NO CLASSES (Spring break) |
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| 8.2 | 3/11 | Prototyping and Demonstrating a Solution (part 1) | “Use scenarios” and “User personas” from usability.gov |
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| 9.1 | 3/13 | Prototyping and Demonstrating a Solution (part 2) |
Blog Comment 4 |
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| 9.2 | 3/18 |
End of the Fourth Sprint (graded) Each team has 10 minutes to present content they want to receive feedback on and 5 minutes for Q&A. Also provide answers to my questions from the Third Sprint grading. |
Updated project documents made available through the website | |
| 10.1 | 3/20 |
Disruptive Innovation |
“Seeing What’s Next: Introduction and Chapter 1, Signals of Change” from HBS coursepack “What is disruptive innovation?” from YouTube “Disruptive innovation tutorial”from YouTube “Reinventing your business model” from innosight.com |
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| 10.2 | 3/25 |
Disruptive Innovation Continued… |
“The Disruption Machine” from the New Yorker “GE’s Big Bet on Data and Analytics” from Sloan Management Review (you can access on Temple’s network) |
Blog Post 3 and Case Analysis 2: Telsa Motors – see more information here due by 7 am! |
| 11.1 | 3/27 |
Summary: Putting It All Together |
“The art of integrative thinking” from Rotman Management “Decisive: Book Review” by Michael Hyatt |
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| 11.2 | 4/1 |
End of the Fifth Sprint (graded) Each team has 10 minutes to present a status of their solution and any content they want to receive feedback on and 5 minutes for Q&A |
Updated project documents made available through the website | |
| 12.1 | 4/3 |
EXAM 2 |
Blog Comment 5 and 6 | |
| 12.2 | 4/8 |
NO CLASSES; work independently on your projects |
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| 13.1 | 4/10 |
Case Analysis discussion |
Case Analysis 3: AI/ML/analytics case of your choice – see more information here due by 7 am! |
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| 13.2 | 4/15 |
End of the Sixth Sprint: Final Presentation Practice (graded) Each team has 10 minutes to present content they want to receive feedback on and 5 minutes for Q&A |
Updated project documents made available through the website | |
| 14.1 | 4/17 |
Groups meet one-to-one with the instructor to polish their work for the final presentations. |
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| 14.2 | 4/22 | Groups meet one-to-one with the instructor to polish their work for the final presentations. | ||
| 15.1 | 4/24 |
Final Presentations (graded) Alter Hall 748 from 4-6:30 PM (section 2 & 4) See schedule on the Projects tab |
Final Team project Deliverables by 4 PM | |
| 15.2 | 4/29 |
NO CLASSES |
Team feedback due by EOD | |