University of Galway

Course Module Information

Course Modules

Semester 1 | Credits: 10

The course encompasses the entire process from identifying domain-specific needs, validating those needs, brainstorming, and concept creation for new technology products.
(Language of instruction: English)

Learning Outcomes
  1. Demonstrate awareness of the process for innovating technologies
  2. Demonstrate awareness of how to identify an important unmet domain need taking into consideration domain, scientific and market knowledge
  3. Demonstrate appreciation of concept generation and brainstorming
  4. Acquire significant experience of teamwork in a multidisciplinary setting
  5. Have utilised appropriate approaches to evaluate the concepts
  6. Be able to reflect on your experience
  7. Have completed a consulting report on your specific need
Assessments
  • Continuous Assessment (100%)
Teachers
Reading List
  1. "Disciplined entrepreneurship" by Bill Aulet, Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management Managing Director, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship ; illustrated by Marius Ursache.
    ISBN: 9781118692288.
    Publisher: New York; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
  2. "Disciplined Entrepreneurship Workbook" by Bill Aulet
    ISBN: 9781119365792.
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  3. "Technology Entrepreneurship: Bringing Innovation to the Marketplace" by Natasha Evers, James Cunningham, Thomas Hoholm
    ISBN: 9781137020109.
    Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  4. "The Four Steps to the EpiphanyThe Four Steps to the Epiphany" by n/a
    ISBN: 9780989200509.
    Publisher: ; K&S Ranch Publishing LLC
  5. "Business model generation (available online through NUI Galway Library)" by written by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur; design, Alan Smith; editor and contributing co-author, Tim Clark; production, Patrick van der Pijl; co-created by an amazing crowd of 470 practitioners from 45 countries
    ISBN: 9780470876411.
    Publisher: Wiley
  6. "Founders at Work" by Jessica Livingston
    ISBN: 9781590597149.
    Publisher: Apress
  7. "Blue ocean strategy" by W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne
    ISBN: 9781591396192.
    Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
  8. "Getting to Plan B" by John Mullins, Randy Komisar
    ISBN: 9781422126691.
    Publisher: Harvard Business Press
The above information outlines module GS5105: "TechInnovate I: Needs Finding to Concept Generation" and is valid from 2018 onwards.
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.