Recommended literature:
- Goodman, Elizabeth, Moed, Andrea. & Goodman, Elizabeth. (2012). Observing the User Experience: a Practitioner's Guide to User Research. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann
- Rice, Eric (2017). The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. New York: Currency
- Sauro, Jeff. & Lewis, James R. (2012). Quantifying the User Experience [electronic resource]: Practical Statistics for User Research. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann
A collection of scientific articles will be added to the above mentioned literature.
Designing and Evaluating Innovation
Freestanding course
About the course
The purpose of the course is that the student develops knowledge about, and experiences of, innovation processes and the tools/techniques that are applicable to these.
Course content
The course provides knowledge of different types of innovation processes (e.g. open, co-creative, iterative and agile) and the activities they consist of:
- Design thinking
- Problem definition
- Stakeholder and needs analysis
- User and market research
- Idea generation and selection
- Idea and concept development
- Basic prototype development
- Evaluation methods and evaluation strategies
- Change management
- Business thinking
- Pitching and presentation
Entry requirements and selection
Entry requirements
1. Bachelor's degree or equivalent of at least 180 credits in the subject of computer science or related and relevant subjects. Examples of such subjects include informatics, computer and information science, information systems, interaction design, human-computer interaction and media technology.
2. At least 15 credits in programming, system development or equivalent.
3. Knowledge equivalent to English 6 at the Swedish upper secondary level
4. At least a passing grade on the course: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in a Digital Society.
Selection
100% University credits completed
Course literature
Course evaluation
The University provides students who are taking or have completed a course with the opportunity to share their experiences of and opinions about the course in the form of a course evaluation that is arranged by the University. The University compiles the course evaluations and notifies the results and any decisions regarding actions brought about by the course evaluations. The results shall be kept available for the students. (HF 1:14).
