Management of Digital Service Development - Opinto-opas

The course is an introduction to the development of digital services. The course is positioned between IT and business perspectives. Upon the successful completion of the course, the student:
- understands the development models and principles of digital service development
- understands technology diffusion and digital transformation (incl. AI transformation)
- can identify new business roles and market changes in digital transformation
- can identify potential value drivers, risks and measures in managing development
- understands the principles of data governance as a part of data & AI project management
- can reflect on future development opportunities and IT technology trends

This course unit is part of the master's degree's curriculum. Completion of the course requires master's study entitlement. All material and communication is in English, but you may choose between English and Finnish for your report language.

- An introduction to digital business and digital services
- The challenges of managing IT-based development projects
- The development models, stakeholders, processes and measurement of digital service development
- Digital transformation and technology diffusion models
- New digital business models, roles and emerging technologies
- Data governance and AI project management
- Reflection of global IT trends and the digital future

When the implementation type of the course is CONTACT, ONLINE or BLENDED it is required that the student is present during those teaching hours that are marked in the study schedule. If you are absent more than 25 %, your grade will be lowered by one. If you are absent more than 50 %, the course is failed.

The student partially understands development methods and principles but does not understand the role of IT in business development. Project work is limited.

In addition to the skills and competences mentioned for Grade 1, the student has basic competence in planning and managing digital service development projects in a particular area. In addition, the student understands business and customer value in developing digital services. The project work demonstrates these skills and competences.

In addition to the skills and competences mentioned for Grades 1 and 3, the student thoroughly understands the principles and success factors of digital service development and is able to adopt them in practice. The student can demonstrate these competences through professionally produced and completed project work. The student is able to reflect the development challenges and opportunities of digital service development in practice.

The course is a blended learning course. The main task of the course focuses on project work (individual or group) related to the course topic, where students can select user, business, management or technological perspectives on the course topic.

Depending on the implementation, the contact lessons are 1) kick-off for the course, 2) project work facilitation in the middle, and 3) the final presentation of the project work. Online tasks include orientation (e.g. video lecturers) to the given course content, learning material and online discussion tasks. There are no exams. The assessment of one’s own learning can be used.

Depending on the implementation, video presentations, articles, white papers, research papers, books, lectures, sharing one's won experiences, etc.

Connection to the workplace context and business life through project work and online group discussions

Pasila Campus

No exams

English

International material, examples, etc. Sharing experiences from international business context

15.01.2024 - 17.05.2024

The course is a blended course, and its largest part is project work & report (75%). The course consists of project work (report) and five “online learning tasks” Project report. The goal is to create ”consultative report” related to the topic of digital service development. The aim is that you write a report from the perspective of ”external IT-business consultant” from the development method, development project, case, design, planning, requirement spec, UX/CX, some technology, etc. in the field of digital service development in your organization or some other context. It is not shared to others. Summary presentation. Create also 3-5 pages PPT-presentation that is a kind of summary from your project work (shared to others). If your content is confidential, describe theoretical framework or the development challenge in the general level. The five “monthly online learning modules” consists of video lecturing, reading material and collaboration task. The idea of collaboration task is to share your experiences or opinions related to the given topic (everybody needs to write a comment).

02.01.2024 - 12.01.2024

January - May or August - December

MAICTE
MAICTF
EVENING
BLENDED
EXCH
ONLINE

The recognition of prior learning (report)

Ari Alamäki

31 - 60

Project report (75%) and online learning tasks (25%). Grade 1-5

1 = The student partially understands development methods and principles but does not understand the role of IT in business development. Project work is limited.

3 = In addition to the skills and competences mentioned for Grade 1, the student has basic competence in planning and managing digital service development projects in a particular area. In addition, the student understands business and customer value in developing digital services. The project work demonstrates these skills and competences.

5 = In addition to the skills and competences mentioned for Grades 1 and 3, the student thoroughly understands the principles and success factors of digital service development and is able to adopt them in practice. The student can demonstrate these competences through professionally produced and completed project work. The student is able to reflect the development challenges and opportunities of digital service development in practice.

BUTEM Degree Programme in Business Technologies

0.00 cr

3.00 cr

H-5