Topic outline

  • Welcome

    Welcome to the Process Management for Media and Design course. The teachers are Teemu, Peter & Eva. We will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Zoom. 

    Just come to the Zoom room at the right time (click the link). 

    From below you will find our weekly schedule.

    • WEEK 1: Introduction and Team Formation

      DAY 1 (Tuesday 27. Oct 2020 at 9.00 to 12.00): Introduction and Teams 

      • What is this course about ref.: Learning Objectives and Intended Learning Outcomes - Teemu
      • Icebreaker exercise - Eva
      • Assessment criteria - Teemu
      • Forming the design teams working with NGO / company (4 teams of 4-5 students)
      • Teams in breakout rooms
      • Team presentations: roles & competences - Teemu

      Group Assignment 1: One A4 Team presentation. Deadline: Wednesday 4 Nov 2020.

      Day 2 (Thursday 29. Oct 2020 at 9.00 to 17.00): Organisational Behaviour and the Clients

      • Organisational Behaviour lecture by Iida Hietala 
      • Discussion in breakout rooms

      <Lunch break>

      • Presenting the client organisations  - EVA & Teemu
      (13:45 - 14:15) Team 1: Iso  Omena library

      (14:15 - 14:45) Team 4: Ninho Kulturikeskus ry / Kolibrí Festival

      (14:45 - 15:15) Team 2: Design Forum

      (15:30 - 16:00) Team 3: Ministry  of Interior

      • Individual assignment 1: reflection of the roles of the people in your class, your own role etc. - written report, individual, confidential. Deadline: Monday 9 Nov 2020.

    • WEEK 2: Design and Innovation in Practice

      DAY 1 (Tuesday 3. Nov 2020 at 9.00 to 12.00): Designing and facilitating a workshop

      Day 2 (Thursday 5. Nov 2020 at 9.00 to 17.00):  Innovation Processes & Practices

      • Discussion on the materials provided on Tuesday - Peter
      • Innovation processes and practices lecture by Peter McGrory

      <Lunch break>


    • WEEK 3: Facilitation 

      DAY 1 (Tuesday 10. Nov 2020 at 9.00 to 12.00): Creative Facilitation

      • 09:15 - 10:15. Case presentation
      Emotions in caregiving by Mia Muurimäki, service designer at Futurice
      Mia will be talking about a service design process that had set a goal of finding out how the communications of autistic and severely disabled children living in a care facility could be helped with digital technologies. She'll describe the collaborative methods used, focus on some key findings and the outcome that was somewhat different to what was expected.
      • Assignment 3 during the session: note taking with drawing (notebook (physical) or tablet (digital): pickup one TedTalk and take notes about it by drawing and keywords. Take a picture of it and uploaded it to the Assignments -section.
      • Materials for the Thursday - Peter

      Day 2 (Thursday 12. Nov 2020 at 9.00 to 17.00): Visual Facilitation


      <Lunch break>

      • Team work and mentoring.
      13:00 to 16:00: independent work in groups
      16:00 Groups present about their progress. Discussion session
      Materials to review on executive summaries:  example 1, example 2

    • WEEK 4: Digital stuff

      DAY 1 (Tuesday 17. Nov 2020 at 9.00 to 12.00): Online Workshops


      DAY 2 (Thursday 19. Nov 2020 at 9.00 to 17.00): Software Development Processes

      • Discussion on the materials from Tuesday

      <11-13: Lunch break & Teams' get together photo session>



    • WEEK 5: Mid-Course Case (Project) Preview

      DAY 1 (Tuesday 24. Nov 2020 at 9.00 to 12.00): Essential Presentation Skills - Peter (visitor)

      Slides: effective presentations

      DAY 2 (Thursday 26. Nov 2020 at 9.00 to 17.00): Mid-Course Case Presentations

      Schedule Mid-course case presentations:
      09:15 - 09:45. Group 1: Iso Omena library
      10:00 - 10:30. Group 2: Design Forum
      10:50 - 11:20. Group 3: Ministry of Interior
      11:30 - 12:00. Group 4:  Kolibri Festival
    • WEEK 6: Team Working 

      DAY 1 (Tuesday 1. Dec 2020 at 9.00 to 12.00): Working on the team's projects 

      DAY 2 (Thursday 3. Dec 2020 at 9.00 to 17.00): Working on the team's projects 


    • WEEK 7: Final Presentations

      DAY 1 (Thursday 10. Dec 2020 at 9.00 to 17.00): Final Presentation + Course (Learning and Future Development) Evaluation

      09:15 - 10:00. Kolibri Festival (group 4)

      10:10 - 11:00. Ministry of Interior (group 3)

      11:10 - 12:00. Design Forum (group 2)

      13:00 - 13:45. Iso Omena Library (group 1)

      Thursday 17. Dec 2020Submission of the Final Study Report: Reflective Learning Journey.  Deadline: 17th of Dec. (2 x A4, min. 500 -max. 1000 words + visualisation if you wish)