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15 weeks, 20 master's students, one amazing experience! In our Product Builder program, students work in agile, interdisciplinary teams and experience market- and user-centric digital product development.
20 masters' students from HPI and from different disciplines and universities within the Berlin-Brandenburg area come together in teams and design a technical prototype as well as an associated business model to solve their own challenges generated in the ideation process during the first week. Digital Health students may elect to work on healthcare challenges as part of the Product Builder Digital Health and select the course as a compulsory elective module in the summer term.
Term(s)
Summer & Winter Term
Time investment
4 semester hours per week, 180 hours in total
ECTS
6
Module type
Elective module
Module selection at HPI
Module selection of the “Product Builder” at HPI (preliminary)
ITSE: HPI-MK, HPI-SSK-RW, HPI-SSK-ML
DE: HPI-PSK-EI
CS: HPI-DE-RWM, HPI-PSK-ML
DH: HPI-PSK-MLE
SSE: HPI-PSK-EI
Module selection at HPI: "Product Builder - Digital Health" at HPI (only Summer Term, preliminary)
DH: HPI - DICR (-C, -T, -S)
Grades
Yes
Enrollment deadline
Examination date
Teaching format
Project seminar: Every week, we will meet on Wednesday from 1:30 pm to 4:45 pm in room L-1.06 with workshops, coaching sessions and guest speakers
Teaching language
English
Registration
Fee
Team budget
HPI Founder Scholarship
Participants
Maximum number of Participants
20 masters' students
Room (Location)
Room L-1.06
Key dates
16.10.2024
Kick-off event from 1:30 pm to 6:00 pm in L-1.06
04.12.2024
Challenger Day
29.01.2024
Demo Day
Learning and Teaching Methods
Product development refers to the activities involved in solving a technical task that leads to a marketable product. This means developing a digital solution, designing a suitable business model, and creating an appealing design.
In our “Product Builder” project seminar, tailored for master's students, you'll engage in agile, multidisciplinary project teams. This collaborative effort includes students from HPI (Hasso Plattner Institute) and peers from diverse academic backgrounds across the Berlin-Brandenburg region, immersing you in a user- and market-focused approach to digital product development. Throughout the seminar, we'll equip you with practical agile product development and entrepreneurship skills, teaching you to craft and validate a business concept.
During this 15-week seminar, a group, consisting of three to five members, will refine an initially generated idea into a tangible product prototype, develop a business model, and prepare a pitch deck.
The seminar kicks off with an orientation lecture on October 16, 2024, 1:30 pm at HPI in room L-1.06, giving participants a chance to connect. The initial session will spur idea generation, with presentations of these ideas in the following week, enabling everyone to choose the idea that resonates most with them. Teams will then be formed in the seminar's second week, based on these selections.
Midway through, we'll host "Challenger Day" on December 04, 2024, at HPI. Here, teams will present their progress through pitches to a jury for constructive feedback.
The seminar concludes with "Demo Day" on January 29, 2025, where each team showcases their evolved idea and prototype through another presentation to a panel of judges and an audience, marking the culmination of their hard work and innovation.
Product Builder Digital Health (only Summer Term)
The Digital Health Product Builder as a branch of the HPI Product Builder gives teams the opportunity to work on medical and health challenges with industry-specific topics. Guest lectures and workshops convey basics on the regulatory and legal aspects relevant for the healthcare domain. Thus, understanding market dynamics helps Digital Health teams to thrive as tech founders shaping a healthier tomorrow.
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A 15-week course of extensive ideation, engineering, innovation, and user interaction.
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Work on your own ideas.
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Combination of theory and practical work by learning and implementing.
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Self-reliant interdisciplinary teamwork partnering with students from various universities in the Berlin-Potsdam area.
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Intensive tutoring within a creative space in dedicated project rooms.
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Budget for prototyping and travelling.
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The project seminar takes place every week according to the following schedule.
Preliminary schedule. All lecture topics are subject to change.
Part 1
Week 1
Day 1
16.10.2024
Introduction
Idea Generation
Week 2
Day 2
23.10.2024
Team & Challenge
Ideation Methods
Week 3
Day 3
30.10.2024
Rapid Testing Strategies
Week 4
Day 4
06.11.2024
Customer Understanding
Week 5
Day 5
13.11.2024
Value Proposition
Rapid Prototyping
Week 6
Day 6
20.11.2024
Market & Competition
Week 7
Day 7
27.11.2024
Pitch Input Session
Week 8
Day 8
04.12.2024
Challenger Day
10-minute pitch + 7 minute Q&A
Week 9
Day 9
Week 10
Day 10
Week 11
Day 11
Week 12
Day 12
Week 13
Day 13
Week 14
Day 14
Week 15
Day 15
Week 16
Day 16
Week 17
Day 17
Week 18
Day 18
Week 19
Day 19
Week 20
Day 20
Part 2
Week 1
Day 1
Week 2
Day 2
Week 3
Day 3
Week 4
Day 4
Week 5
Day 5
Week 6
Day 6
Week 7
Day 7
Week 8
Day 8
Week 9
Day 9
11.12.2024
Business Model
Hypotheses Extraction
Week 10
Day 10
18.12.2024
MVP Development & Testing
Week 11
Day 11
08.01.2025
Go-to-Market Planning
Financial Planning
Week 12
Day 12
15.01.2025
UX/UI Design
Week 13
Day 13
22.01.2025
Pitch Training
Week 14
Day 14
29.01.2025
Demo Day
10-minute pitch + 7-minute Q&A
Week 15
Day 15
05.02.2025
Wrap-up
Feedback Session
Week 16
Day 16
Week 17
Day 17
Week 18
Day 18
Week 19
Day 19
Week 20
Day 20
The assessment takes place via a presentation and associated project documentation and is carried out in two steps:
All grades are recorded as individual grades. Please contact the study department if you do not want to participate in the performance recording (8-day rule).
Requirements
Program Structure
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Julius Diesing
Program Manager
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