Course overview
The aim of this course is to provide the opportunity to students to create a minimum viable digital solution to address a business challenge facing industry today and to determine how the product could be scaled and implemented into a business environment. Many factors can influence the successful implementation and adoption of a digital solution in business. Managing the change, negotiating with stakeholders and managing timelines, budget and risks are all critical for successful implementation and adoption. A minimum viable product will be developed. An implementation roadmap, change plan, and sustainment plan will be developed. In developing the project outcomes, real world examples of issues and challenges experienced on Accenture projects will need to be addressed.
Solutions for the business challenge to be provided by learners in this course:
Creating a digital product design to address a business challenge
Planning a digital transformation
Change impact and change strategy
Risk analysis and mitigation strategies for digital transformations
Scaling and sustaining the implementation of a digital solution
Real-world references to approach the business challenge in this course:
Further details on the business case: stakeholder requirements, operational challenges etc
Further data on the business organisation (fictitious): business performance, employees etc
Sources and industry references for creating a digital product design and roadmap for digital solution
Industry insights, industry reports and expert recommendations on change management for digital transformation
Industry examples and client cases on scaling and sustaining digital transformation
Course learning outcomes
- Create a digital product design to demonstrate how a proposed digital solution could address an industry challenge.
- Create a roadmap for implementing a digital solution within an organisation considering the requirements of the business and stakeholders.
- Define a change strategy.
- Describe the key risks with implementing the solution and the mitigating actions that could be taken.
- Estimate the requirements on the organization to scale and sustain the digital product design if it was put into production.
- Team effectively to work independently and collaboratively as a member and leader of diverse teams.