Study Guide

Objective

Innovation project course strengthen your competence of the self-employment. You learn how to plan and implement the project in the specified, short time. You also learn how to evaluate the profitableness of the project. The themes of the projects are given by the industry, RDI groups or learning environments of the Lapland University of Applies Sciences, ect. In this project you strengthen your teamwork skills. You apply your skills learned in earlier project courses. The project gives to you training for the thesis work.

Content

- familiarization of the project theme, information retrieval
- planning the implementation of the project, project plan
- application of the creative methods, innovation of the project results, solutions
- business model of the project, self-employment
- project results: report and pitching

Location and time

Sebtember-November 2025.

Materials

The materials given in the Moodle.

Teaching methods

Lectures of the specialist, projectwork, teamwork

Employer connections

The project themes are work-oriented.

Exam schedules

No exam. Projectday 27.11.2025 (pitching of the projects)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

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Assessment methods and criteria

Process evaluation: working in the project, teamworkskills, adhesion of the project plan, problem solving
Output evaluation: the results and the documentation of the project, presentation of the project (written materials and pitching), quality of the project results, the pitching performance in the projectday

Qualifications

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