NWI-IMI004
Software Development Entrepreneurship
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleNWI-IMI004
Credits (ECTS)6
CategoryMA (Master)
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Science; Informatica en Informatiekunde;
Lecturer(s)
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Lecturer		prof. dr. M.C.J.D. van Eekelen
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Coordinator		prof. dr. M.C.J.D. van Eekelen
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Lecturer		dr. C.L.M. Kop
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Examiner		dr. C.L.M. Kop
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Contactperson for the course		dr. C.L.M. Kop
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Academic year2018
Period
KW1-KW2  (03/09/2018 to 27/01/2019)
Starting block
KW1
Course mode
full-time
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesYes
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims
* Learn how to work in an agile project team
* Learn how to bootstrap a company: from initial idea to successful delivery of prototype
* Learn how to ask for funding: approaching investors, delivering pitches and presenting company objectives
 
Content
In this course, the students will create their own startup, going from initial idea to a minimal viable product that can be launched to the market.

They will work in teams of 3-4 students, design and build a software product, while also pursuing sources of funding and setting up a business model.
Additional comments
This course has replaced the course NWI-IMI002 Architectural System Design and the course NWI-IMC052 Software Development in Start-ups from previous curricula.

Topics
Entrepreneurship, Agile development

Test information
* A demo of the application under development at the end of each month
* Final project presentation in front of a jury, including teachers and industry/technology experts

Grade awarded as a result of final presentation and overall performance during the course sprints.

Prerequisites
Bachelor, Software Engineering

Instructional modes
Course
Attendance MandatoryYes

General
Alongside the theoretical part of the course, students work in groups in an extensive practicum (GipHouse) on an integral case in which all the above topics are applied in practical work.
The course consists of 2 ec lectures (including self study, assignments and examination) and 4 ec practical work in GiPHouse. The 4 ec practical work in GiPHouse has to be done in the same semester.

Lecture
Attendance MandatoryYes

Project
Attendance MandatoryYes

Tests
Project
Test weight1
Test typeProject
OpportunitiesBlock KW2, Block KW3