Entrepreneurship and project management in the game industry (5 cr)

Objective

You understand how the game industry differs from the basic industry.
You understand the environment of the field and know the actors of the field. You know the ways of action of the field.
You know the organisations which support the entrepreneurship.
You can act as the leader in the project and understand the processes which are related to it.

Content

How can you get funding to your game company?
What kind of organizations support entrepreneurship?
What kind of events help you to network?
What kind of game companies are operating in the area?
How to be a projectmanager?
What is a project management prosess?

Evaluation

a. use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.
f. promote teams’ goal-oriented operation.

Course material

Opiskelumateriaali julkaistaan opintojakson moodle sivulla.

Study forms and methods

Osallistut työjärjestyksen mukaiseen opetukseen ja ohjaukseen. Opiskelusi rytmittyvät työjärjestyksen mukaiset ryhmätapaamiset ja itsenäisesti ja tiimissä tehtävät oppimistehtävät.

Opintoja nopeuttava oppimisväylä ja työn opinnollistaminen: Suoritustavasta sovittava ennen opintojakson alkua.

Student workload

135 tuntia, joista lähiopetusta noin 556 tuntia

Evaluation scale

1-5