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Queens University Belfast
Dr. Barry McCollum www.cs.qub.ac.uk/~B.McCollum/csc4004/index.htm
Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Session Overview
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Aim
Objectives
Outline
Benefits
Structure
Assessment
Content
Responsibility
Aim
Work collectively to Develop an innovative IT
solution within a Commercial Framework
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Objectives
- Work Effectively as Part of a Team - Critically Analyse Opportunities and Solution Provision - Develop Entrepreneurial, Innovation and Presentation Skills - Understand Practical and Academic Perspectives - Development of Idea within a Business Context - Delivery of Prototype Solution
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
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Benefits
Understanding Context
Software Planning
Career Development
Team Work
Business Establishment
Understand Strengths
Work with Industrial Experts
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Outline Lectures
Discussions
Presentations
Team Meetings
Industrial Speakers
Mentoring
Stucture
Monday
9-10am: Lecture and Discussion
10-11am: Presentations
11-12pm: Industrial Slot
12-1pm: Team Meetings
Monday
2-3pm: Outside Experts (Optional)
Wednesday
1-2pm: Outside Experts (Optional)
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Reading
Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Peter Drucker, ( HD58.8 DRUC)
Customers for Life, Carl Sewell (HF5415.5 SEWE)
The Guerrilla Marketing Handbook, Jay Levinson (Main & SH, HF5415 LEVI)
Getting Started: How to set up your own business, Robson Rhodes
What is your business worth? A guide to valuing your company, G. Dalton
The Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide, J. Cullinane
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Course Content
Team Formation
Idea Generation
Risk and Uncertainty
Product Development
Markets
Sales
Management
Growth
Financials
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Assessment
Understanding
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Group Project:
5% 10% 20%
2 page business plan. First draft to submit in week 7, 1st Semester 8 page business plan to submit Monday week 11 1st semester. 35 page (max length) business plan. Submit week 11, 2nd Semester
Group Portfolio
25%
Solution demo and technical report. 2nd semester. Same format as Software Engineering Project.
Individual Assessment:
20% 20%
Presentations in class. Development Diary Personal diary of notes taken of presentations by class colleagues and guests (BIT lectures). Summarise and give evaluation of content and delivery. What to imitate, what to avoid. Diary of project meetings, notes, contribution, reflections. What could have done better? What worked well? Hand in end of week 12, 2nd semester.
Development Diary
- Work carried out and individual contribution
- Make notes on minutes of meetings
- Reflect on the roles and responsibilities of the other group
members
- Allows the peer assessment of the System Demonstration
to be validated
- Chance to show their level of research and activity
- Outside speakers
- Case studies
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Presentations
- Begin 8 October
- 4 Presentations
- 10 minutes
- Topics Provided
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Guidance
- Begin You have 10 minutes - aim to finish in 8 minutes.
- Pick just one idea to present. Give Examples
- Structure
- Rehearse
- Plenty of eye contact with audience.
“Don’t chew gum, wear a hat, or turn your back on the audience.”
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Guidance
- Don’t say ‘umm’, mumble, speak too quietly or waffle.
“Use humour sparingly, don’t insult or patronise your audience”
- Encourage questions to get your audience interacting.
“Dress and walk as if you were going to an interview for a top job”
- Most communication is through voice tone, rate, inflection & face / body language.
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Up-Start Attract Talent
Invest in Innovation
Enhancing the Brand
Strategic Relationships
Technology Themes
Cloud
Mobile/Smart TV
Intelligent Systems
Sensor Technology
Payments
Social Networks
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Up-Start Idea Generation
High Level Business Plan Development
Product Development and Deployment
Product to Market
Responsibility
Group Formation
Idea Generation
Read in detail over material on Web Site
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Conclusion
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University ‘Spin Out’ Research in Practice Optimisation
EventMAP
Experience
Innovation
Leadership
Vision
Engaging Analysing Balancing Reporting
a suite of software
Project Quality Management
• Transfer of Data
• Feedback and Validation
• Scenario Analysis
• Project Portal (Quality Register)
• Presentation
• Reporting
EventMAP Solution
Imperial College London
University College London
Cambridge University
New York University (NYU)
Sorbonne University Paris
United Arab Emirates University
Victoria University Melbourne
Helsinki University
Nottingham University
Derby University
Growth Strategy
Development Methodology
Product Delivery
New Opportunities
Strategic Partnering
Workload
Challenges
Advice
Maximise Team Work
Enthusiasm
Understand Funding Requirement and Availability
Branding, Marketing, Advertisement
Understand Risk
Appreciate Work Load
Stay Focused and Determined
Take Advice with ‘pinch of salt’
Queens University Belfast Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
Queens University Belfast
And now…
Innovation & Entrepreneurship CSC4004
What is the big Idea?