STARTUP TEAM 
PROJECT MANAGEMENT

RON 
JOHNSON

Combinatorics and graph theory lay at the heart of discrete mathematics and computer science. In the course, we begin with a brief review of the fundamentals of combinatorics---counting, permutations, binomial coefficients, and the pigeonhole principle---and then devote most of the course to the fundamentals of graph theory. We cover the most common definitions and ideas of graph theory, proving important theorems and introducing important algorithms, but mostly aiming to simply establish the common language of discrete mathematics and computer science.

Product Owner for National Video Information System (NVIS)

Respected leader with 25 accomplished years in various IT roles. Experienced in relationship management, process definition and optimisation, and quality of service.

Demonstrated success working within dynamic environments in planning and implementing strategic and tactical projects, managing change, and ensuring that service level objectives are met.

A business-oriented, goal-driven team player who achieves continuous improvement and high-quality results.

Throughout the course the following objectives will be covered:

• Take a concept or idea and create a workable project with well-defined requirements

• Work with the business, stakeholders and customers to ensure the project succeeds

• Build a team custom tailored to meet the needs of the project

• Give the team every startup advantage possible

• Learn the importance of action (something is better than nothing)

• Shorter turnaround times create additional value (feedback, shorter pay cycles, business involvement)  

• Longer timeframes 'leak' value (retest, change absorption, team turnaround)  

• Manage project details such as finance, requirements, resources and timeframes in shorter increments  

• Convert a business project into a team work increment  

• Order and rank work to create value earlier      

• Understand why each topic gives a startup team an advantage      

• Hands on exercises will be used to solidify concepts with the students allowing them to carry them forward into their future work.      

SKILLS:

- Agile Methodologies

- Scrum

- Business Analysis

- Testing

- Integration

- Requirements Analysis

- Software Development

ABOUT RON

HARBOUR.SPACE 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

DATE: 15 Oct - 02 Nov, 2018 

DURATION: 3 Weeks

LECTURES: 3 Hours per day

LANGUAGE: English

LOCATION: Barcelona, Harbour.Space Campus

COURSE TYPE: Offline

HARBOUR.SPACE UNIVERSITY

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DATE: 15 Oct - 26 Oct, 2018

DURATION: 3 Weeks

LECTURES: 3 Hours per day

LANGUAGE: English

LOCATION: Barcelona, Harbour.Space Campus

COURSE TYPE: Offline

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COURSE OUTLINE

STARTUP TEAM
PROJECT 
MANAGEMENT

Startup teams appear to be very productive when compared to traditional teams.

• Are they really more productive?

• What aspects of a startup contribute to higher productivity?

• How can we carry this productivity forward into other teams and projects?

• Can this spirit exist within a large organisation with seasoned teams?

This module will place teams in a startup environment where they can experience the working life of a startup team and discover which are fact and which are myth.

Each day the teams will face a new challenge that reveals how startup teams take advantage of their unique situation.

Startup teams appear to be very productive when compared to traditional teams.

• Are they really more productive?

• What aspects of a startup contribute to higher productivity?

• How can we carry this productivity forward into other teams and projects?

• Can this spirit exist within a large organisation with seasoned teams?

This module will place teams in a startup environment where they can experience the working life of a startup team and discover which are fact and which are myth.

Each day the teams will face a new challenge that reveals how startup teams take advantage of their unique situation.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Getting Things Done: The Art of 
Stress-Free Productivity by 
David Allen (Penguin Books, 2015)

The Lean Startup by Beau Lotto 
(Currency, 2017)

The Agile Manifesto by Mike Beedle,
Arie van Bennekum, Alistair Cockburn,
Ward Cunningham and others (2001)