Course Catalog 2007-2008

TITA-3106 SOFTWARE BUSINESS, 4 cr
Software Business

Courses persons responsible
Nina Helander

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture - - - 3 h/week - -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2007-2008)

Objectives
Aim in the course is to increse students' understanding of software business from a wide perspective, including e.g. such themes as value networks, software business models, management of software company, marketing of software products and services and productization. Additionally, through a mandatory exercise students are provided the possiblity to develop a business plan for a real or an imaginary software company.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Software industry and software business subareas.  History of software business.    
2. Software business models and value networks.  Business plan for a software start-up venture.    
3. Software productization and marketing.  Software components and open source software.    
4. Management of a software company.  Leading people in software business.    

Requirements for completing the course
Examination based on course literature and business plan exercise.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Students are evaluated through an individual examination and a business plan exercise that can be made either individually or as a group work.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Prerequisites
    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In compiling exercise, group or laboratory work
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 3 %
    - Distance learning: 97 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 0 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 24
    Exercises 1
    Assignments 21

    Study materials Hours
    Secrets of Software Success 31
    The Business of Software: What Every Manager, Programmer, and Entrepreneur Must Know to Thrive and Survive in Good Times and Bad 35

    Other scaledHours
    Exam/midterm exam 3
    Total sum 115

    Correspondence of content
    2920430 Software Business

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    Last modified 26.01.2007
    Modified byNina Helander