After four months of work, the international team of software developers, designers and business students successfully finished KICKOFF Canvas products, the web based platform for project planning. The product KICKOFF Canvas is innovative tool that used Canvas business model and PRINCE2 method in project management.
The final meeting and student´s work were in Glasgow between 20th and 24th June 2016. The students had a chance to meet each other again and work together on product setting and installation, design, marketing campaign and business plan for new product. The final presentation was prepared for teachers and company UWS Business Solution that was the client of the project.
Lessons Learned
“During the whole project duration, I have learned or deepen my knowledge. From project management perspective I’ve learned the importance of communication, especially in a large team, such as our (15 members). Moreover, I’ve seen that not all the 15 member will work, but rather some 10 people. However, I believe it’s a normal process in projects. Secondly, I understood how important it is to provide feedback and sometimes be more direct in order to avoid problems in the future. From the marketing perspective, I liked to write a strategy from real company and actually think how it might work and why. It was a challenging task, but with help of my colleagues to was rather interesting. Furthermore, I’ve learned the skill of copyediting, as I was working for the texts of vision am mission statements, flyer, coupon, and email texts (promotion material). This helped me realize to what direction I would like to go further in my career”.
Yekaterina Fomicheva
Student at FH JOANNEUM Graz,
Master Degree Programme of Business in Emerging Markets
“This project was great and practical experience for me. I learned how to work in different teams and international environment. Blended Aim project helped me to understand importance of cross-cultural communication, new methods and approach in project management, as well as the tendencies in one of the fast growing industry – software industry.”
Mladen Vuckovic
Student at FH JOANNEUM Graz,
Master Degree Programme of Business in Emerging Markets