10 Days 100 Challenges (10 cr)

Location and time

The sprint will happen during 3-14 June (the whole day each day)
Locations:
Aalto University Harald Herlin Learning Center (Otaniementie 9, 02150 Espoo) on 3-11 of June
Metropolia Arabia campus (Hämeentie 135D, 00560 Helsinki) on 12-14 of June

Materials

Deutsche Telekom AG 2017. Design thinking doing. Tools and methods. https://page-online.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Telekom_Design_-_Design_Thinking_Doing-1.pdf
Futurice 2017. Lean Service Creation. https://www.leanservicecreation.com/
Ideo. Design Kit. http://www.designkit.org/
Google Ventures 2019. Design Sprint. https://www.gv.com/sprint/
Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University 2019. https://dschool.stanford.edu/resources/
Knapp, J., Zeratsky, J.,Kowitz, B.2016. Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and test new ideas in Just Five Days. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. https://www.thesprintbook.com/how
Medium 2019. Sprint Stories. https://sprintstories.com/
Service Design Toolkit 2014. http://www.servicedesigntoolkit.org/index.html
Stickdorn, M., Lawrence, A. and Hormess, M., Schneider, J. 2018.This is service design doing : applying service design thinking in the real world : a practitioner's handbook.Canada: O'Reilly. https://www.thisisservicedesigndoing.com/methods

Teaching methods

This is a two-week, intensive sprint with participants mainly from Haaga-Helia, Laurea and Metropolia but also from other universities and from the business life. The participants will be multi-cultural and multi-disciplined. All participants will work in teams of 5-6 people. Themes for summer of 2019 will be Future of Work and Sustainability. There is also a pre-assignment as well as a portfolio assignment.
For more information on the program and the challenges, please see the program website: www.10days100challenges.fi

Employer connections

The following partners will provide challenges for the participants for the sprint: Espoon kaupunki, Kesko, Microsoft, Nokia, OP, Telia, Vantaan kaupunki, VTT/Luke
Please check the program website for more information: www.10days100challenges.fi

Exam schedules

Pre-assignment available: 15th of April 2019 at Moodle
Submission deadline for pre-assignment: 27th of May 2019 to Moodle
Portfolio instructions available: 27th of May 2019 at Moodle
The sprint will start: 3rd of June 2019
Final presentations: 14th of June 2019
Submitting the portfolio: 12th of August 2019 to Moodle

Evaluation scale

H-5

Further information

After the program, the student is able to:
- Carry out an innovation project applying the newest existing knowledge and service innovation and design methods.
- Work in multi-sectoral projects.
- Apply creative problem solving and develop working methods.
- Develop practical, creative and innovative solutions, practices and services with multi-disciplinary partners to meet the diverse needs in the Helsinki Metropolitan area.
- The student participates in project or network-based work and applies his or her expertise in regional, national or international development work.
- Use his or her personal skills and abilities to work and collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams.
- Create a culture of cooperation and negotiation with the team members and other actors.
- Use his or her skills in problem-solving, collaboration and communication to support the social development and joint decision-making of the team.