Course Catalog 2008-2009 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Nina Helander

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 4 : Monday 9 - 12, TB222 Monday 9 - 14, F KAPPELISALI

Requirements

Examination based on course literature and business plan exercise.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

Aim of the course is to increase 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.

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.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1		Lectures Excercises Practical works	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	08.08.2008
Modifier	Nina Helander