CS-E50007 - 5G technologies and services

for business and entrepreneurs (5 ECTS)

Group Work Session #1:

Introduction to the project work

Jari Handelberg (Start North)

Alexis Dowhuszko (Aalto-ELEC)
Date: 26th April 2024
 Teaching sessions of the course
Week #17 Week #18 Week #19 Week #20 Week #21 Week #22
22.4. Lecture 1 29.4. Lecture 3 6.5. Lecture 4 13.5. Lecture 6 20.5. Lecture 8 Mon. 27.5.
Monday Course Unit 3:
Unit 1: 5G Unit 2: Unit 2: Pilot Workshop

Done!
Synchronous practicalities. technologies for Introduction studies and Introduction to presentation(*)
16-18 EET/FI Introduction 5G automation and to human- experiments entrepreneursh
entrepreneurship Focus on
16-18 EAT/ET IoT connectivity centred ip project in
. Group work (*)
14-16 WAT/NG design Finland
24.4. Lecture 2 8.5. Lecture 5 15.5. Lecture 7 22.5. Lecture 9 Wed. 29.5.
Wednesday
Unit 1: 1.5. Bank Unit 2: Unit 4: Unit 4: Workshop
Synchronous1 Introduction to
Done!

holiday Prototyping of Business Business presentation(*)

6-18 EET/FI wireless products and models, models,
(no contact Focus on
16-18 EAT/ET communications teaching) services commercializa commercializatio project in
14-16 WAT/NG tion, finance n and finance Ethiopia
26.4. Group 3.5. Group 10.5. Group 17.5. Group 24.5. Group Fri. 31.5.
Friday
Holiday in Ethiopia

Session 1 (*) Session 2 (*) Session 3 (*) Session 4 (*) Session 5 (*) Workshop
Today!

Non-Synch. Group forming Finalization Discussion on Business Preparation of presentation(*)

10-12 EET/FI and topic of technical prototyping of model canvas the pitching for Focus on
16-18 EAT/ET identification scope of project & project mini- the project project in
14-16 WAT/NG the project concept piloting Nigeria
Group Work Session #1 – Agenda
16:15-16:25 Group session part of the course (practicalities)
16:25-16:45 Sample group challenges
16:45-17:30 Group forming and topic identification
17:30-17:45 Session wrap-up and reporting in MyCourses
(Deadline: Fri. 26.4. @ 23:59 EET)

Feedback during session: Write your questions

in Presemo (https://presemo.aalto.fi/5g4be)
Group Work instructions
• Get familiar with the examples of topics/challenges
• Choose the challenge you like or ideate/develop
your own challenge inspired by presented ones
• Form a team of 3-6 people with your favourite topic
─ Recommended size of the group may change for the
different locations (i.e., Aalto/FI, AAU/ET, AOU/NG)
• Start working for the group work along the lessons.

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Group Project – Schedule
1. Fri. 26.4. Group forming and topic identification
2. Fri. 3.5. Project technical scope (first pitch: 5 min)
3. Fri. 10.5. Prototyping of group project concept
4. Fri. 17.5. Business model canvas & mini-piloting
5. Fri. 24.5. Preparation of the pitching for project
6. Week #22 (Mon, Wed, Fri). Project presentations.
(Final Pitch: 10 min)
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 First Pitch (5 min) – by Fri. 3.5.
• Present the challenge
• Identify the problem
• Create a primary solution (based on digital
technologies/5G discussed in course lectures)

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 Final pitch (10 min) – Week #22
• Present a challenge
• Identify the problem
• Describe the solution more completely
• Introduce the mini-piloting plan
• Explain the business model that was planned

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Project group work reports - Every Fri.
• Every week you must write a report on the group work carried
out during the previous week, including the progress achieved
during the Friday course group work session
• Return the report to MyCourses no later than Friday midnight
(first report deadline is today! 26.4.2024 at 23:59 EET)
• You can write the report together among team members, or
one of you can write the report (if so, take turns for writing)
• The reports will be posted a Forum (discussion area), where all
course participants can see the reports & teachers' comments

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Project group work – Sample weekly report
1. Names of participants: Participant 1, Participant 2, ….
2. Write what you did. For example, write: We worked on the
identification of the project topic/ mini-piloting plan / business
model canvas. We discussed three possibilities, starting with ....
and ending with ... This should be like a log in a learning diary.
3. What do you think about the task? Make some comments
about the meeting. Write for example. We think… / We
think… About us... / In our opinion... The activity was
interesting/boring/difficult/easy We learn a lot/a little.
4. What do you want to ask the teacher(s)? Please, write the
questions that you would like to make to teachers in English.
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Course Group Work (DL: 26.4. @23:59 EET)

Please, ask to your teachers in AAU

(Ethiopia) and OAU (Nigeria) about the
procedure to carry out the weekly
reporting of group work activities

Group project weekly report (DL: 26.4. @ 23:59 EET) 10