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.
