Opinto-opas

Tavoitteet

After completing the course, the student will be familiar with the stages of software production and the basic concepts of the field. The student will have the ability to understand the different roles in the software production process and knowledge of software production methods and tools. The student will be able to describe the management and operational aspects of a software company or team.

Understand the characteristics of the software business and the basics of the earning and business models. Understand the importance of customer orientation in the development of a software product

Sisältö

The course consists of two main topics: software production and software business.

Key content areas:
- Concepts and methods of software production
- software production stages and tools
- software production roles and management characteristics
- software business as an industry
- Software business activities, earning and business models
- customer orientation in software product development

Aika ja paikka

Get to know the topic, watch the orientation lecture and do the homework.
The course includes 4 live webinars:
23 January from 16:00 to 18:00
20 February 16:00 to 18:00
27 March 16:00 to 18:00
24 April from 16:00 to 18:00

Pre-task1 - dl 31 Jan: read 2 articles and get to know agile manifesto
Deadline 31.5.
Assignment 1: Methods, steps and tools of software production, writing assignment 0-25 points
Assignment 2: Software production methods, steps and tools, Moodle mini-exam 0-5 points
Assignment 3: Software production roles and management characteristics, discussion 0-7 points
Assignment 4: Software business, discussion 0-2 points
Assignment 5: Software business, Moodle exam 0-28 points
Assignment 6: Customer orientation in software product development - based on a case study, a vision, product definition and roadmap (Powerpoint, graphical presentation) - 0-30 points

Opetusmenetelmät

Software Production and Business is a Self-paced online course with webinars. Some of the course material is in English. There will be assignments throughout the course, so there is nothing surprisingly big task at the end.

The course has scheduled return periods, please take this into account in your own study schedule! If no assignment schedule is indicated, the due date is 31.5. However, we recommend that you do the assignments for the sections evenly during the semester.

Tenttien ajankohdat ja uusintamahdollisuudet

See above

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

5 ects = 135 hours of student work

Sisällön jaksotus

The course includes 4 live webinars:
23 January from 16:00 to 18:00
20 February 16:00 to 18:00
27 March 16:00 to 18:00
24 April from 16:00 to 18:00

Pre-task1 - dl 31 Jan: read 2 articles and get to know agile manifesto
Deadline 31.5.
Assignment 1: Methods, steps and tools of software production, writing assignment 0-25 points
Assignment 2: Software production methods, steps and tools, Moodle mini-exam 0-5 points
Assignment 3: Software production roles and management characteristics, discussion 0-7 points
Assignment 4: Software business, discussion 0-2 points
Assignment 5: Software business, Moodle exam 0-28 points
Assignment 6: Customer orientation in software product development - based on a case study, a vision, product definition and roadmap (Powerpoint, graphical presentation) - 0-30 points

Arviointiasteikko

0 - 5

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

The student has a broad command of the concepts of software production and business. The student will describe in depth the different roles in the software production process and will demonstrate a broad knowledge of software production methods and tools. The student will be able to design and develop aspects of the management and operation of a software company or team.

The student will have a broad understanding of the specificities of the software business and the basics of the earning and business models. They will be able to describe and analyse the importance of customer orientation in the development of a software product.

The student will be able to analyse in depth the software production process of an organisation and produce a comprehensive plan for the development of software production or business, drawing on a wide range of literature (including international literature).

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3)

The student has a good command of the concepts of software production and business. The student describes the different roles in the software production process and demonstrates a good knowledge of software production methods and tools. The student will be able to design aspects of the management and operation of a software company or team.

The student will be familiar with the specificities of the software business and the basics of earning and business models. They will be able to describe the importance of customer orientation in the development of a software product.

The student will be able to describe the software production process in an organisation and produce a structured plan for the development of software production or business, drawing on relevant literature (including international sources).

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1)

The student knows the basic concepts of software production and business. The student identifies the different roles in the software production process and demonstrates knowledge of software production methods and tools. The student will be able to describe the management and operational aspects of a software company or team.

The student will identify the characteristics of the software business and the basics of the earning and business models. The student will be able to identify the importance of customer orientation in the development of a software product.

The student will be able to describe part of an organisation's software production process and produce a concise plan for the development of software production or business, drawing in part on relevant source literature.

Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet

After completing the course, the student will be familiar with the stages of software production and the basic concepts of the field. The student will have the ability to understand the different roles in the software production process and knowledge of software production methods and tools. The student will be able to describe the management and operational aspects of a software company or team.

The student will understand the characteristics of the software business and the basics of the earning and business models. They will be aware of the importance of customer orientation in the development of a software product.

The course is assessed with a grade of 0-5. The assessment of the course will consist of a series of point assessments of different tasks. The minimum mark (= grade 1) is 50 points and the maximum is 100 points.
90-100 points = 5
80-89 points = 4
70-79 points = 3
60-69 points = 2
50-59 points = 1

Hylätty (0)

Under 50 points

Toteutuksen arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

The student has a broad command of the concepts of software development and business. The student describes in depth the different roles in the software production process and demonstrates a broad knowledge of the methods and tools of software production. The student will be able to design and develop aspects of the management and operation of a software company or team.

The student will have a broad understanding of the specificities of the software business and the basics of the earning and business models. They will be able to describe and analyse the importance of customer orientation in the development of a software product.

The student will be able to analyse in depth the software production process of an organisation and produce a comprehensive plan for the development of software production or business, drawing on a wide range of literature (including international sources).

Toteutuksen arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3-4)

The student has a good command of the concepts of software production and business. The student describes the different roles in the software production process in a comprehensive manner and demonstrates a good knowledge of software production methods and tools. The student will be able to design aspects of the management and operation of a software company or team.

The student will be familiar with the specificities of the software business and the basics of earning and business models. They will be able to describe the importance of customer orientation in the development of a software product.

The student can describe the software production process of an organisation and produce a structured plan for the development of software production or business, using the relevant literature (including international sources).

Toteutuksen arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1-2)

The student knows the basic concepts of software production and business. The student will identify the different roles in the software production process and demonstrate knowledge of software production methods and tools. The student will be able to describe aspects of the management and operation of a software company or team.

The student will identify the characteristics of the software business and the basics of the earning and business models. The student will be able to identify the importance of customer orientation in the development of a software product.

The student will be able to describe part of an organisation's software production process and produce a concise plan for the development of software production or business, drawing in part on relevant source literature.