Course Code: fpad
Duration: 14 hours
Course Outline:

Day 1

Learning: The future of disruption (theory)

  • New technology lifecycle (TLC) - S Curve
  • Disruption and disruptive  technologies
  • A new technology as a thread and opportunity
  • How technology is impacting different industries
    • Uber use-case
    • Airbnb use-case
    • Bitcoin use-case
  • Current state of Technology S Curve

Technology Trends:

  • IoT overview, challenges and applications
  • Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence concepts
  • Big data and cloud computing capabilities
  • Blockchain concepts and applications
  • Quantum computing capabilities and associated security threats

Reflection

  • In groups, have a brainstorming session to discuss and answer the following questions
    • What is the most promising technology in your opinion? And why?
    • How this technology is going to impact the market?
    • What are the main threats and opportunities associated with that technology

Day 2

People and technology

  • People, process and technology triangle
  • How culture is impacting and gets impacted by technology
  • How to promote a new technology for adoption

Reflection

  • In groups, consider that you are working on a transformational project using one of the discussed technology trends to improve some KPIa among your organization. You are required to determine the following:
    • Compare technologies according to their impact and relevance
    • Transformational plan
    • Risks and potentials to your project