PI The Garage (in Eng.) (6 ECTS)

In the course “Garage” you will learn to implement instruments and methods that help in discovering, evaluating and realizing business ideas. You will have the possibility to bring in your own business ideas and develop them in interdisciplinary teams within a structured process. 

What to expect:

    • search for, recognise and evaluate innovative business possibilities,
    • develop business ideas using appropriate methods and tools,
    • identify customers and their needs,
    • analyse and evaluate the environment around a business idea,
    • develop sustainable business models,
    • apply creativity techniques

Take-aways:

    • project management
      – successfully managing innovative (therefore less structured) projects
      – reaching decisions under uncertainty
      – managing several different stakeholders at once
      – summarising the most important project results in a business proposal
    • team work
      – working in an interdisciplinary team
      – efficiency through recognising and utilising individual strengths of team 
    • communication
      – lively discussions and interactive workshops
      – structuring complex data (project results), presenting them in writing and orally to various target groups