1. Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Project Management and Teaching
Dr. Patricia Charlton
Co-founder and Director of Creative Digital Solutions
Professor of Education and Technology
IE - International Excellence (
Instituto de Empresa 

2. Overview Background Entrepreneurship and Project management
Challenges and Potential Solutions
Experience informed teaching/Authentic experiences
Innovate teaching of software engineering
Embed professional skills

3. Background experiences
25 years experience working in industry and academia
Research into Intelligent Context-aware distributed systems: AI, MAS, CS and IoT applications working across STEM/STEAM, identity, communities, health and environments
PhD in CS and AI: Self-configurable software agents (1999)
Successful in funding/grant applications and delivering projects both large and small
Industrial experience: SME/start-ups and Motorola Labs: France and UK – Led projects from inception to product both large and small teams. Received Standards and Innovation awards for my contribution to CS.
Academic Experience: Teaching and supervision of undergraduates and postgraduates in a range of subjects from AI, CS and software engineering, IoT, Design and Pedagogy and Technology
Outreach work in widening participation and diversity: Work with schools, women in engineering and Humanitarian Sector

4. Project management: Challenges
Understanding the client and the client requirements:
Transferring ideas into requirements
Project proposal
Contract terms and IP (external probably more challenging than internal)
Project scale/expectations/scope
Building a team and trust:
Right team for the right job
Project estimation and matching to skill set:
Do we have the right skills for the project
Right tools for the right job
Software design cycle and delivery
Designing software for re-use
Partnership continuation/relationships
Staff turnover
Project support

5. Trust and relationships: with clients and team
Respect,
Trust,
Diversity,
Rapport,
Understanding,
Value,
Validate,
Authentic
Building long term partnerships:
Can be difficult to do and can be easy to break

6. Right skills and tools Technical debt Building a new Team – not always
obvious
Keep track of the
market
Keep track of budget

7. Agile Management Process
Participatory design
with the clients
Collaborative learning
and knowledge building
Authentic:
Value and Validation
Creativity and
Entrepreneurship

8. Agile Scrum Methodology

9. Being aware - external clients versus internal
Working culture and expectations
Processes and deadlines – outside of our control
IP and contracts
Internal
Boundaries
May suffer from being less well defined – feature creep

10. Innovate teaching of software engineering and embed professional skills

11. Innovate Teaching of SE and Professional Skills

12. Comparative case studies
If you had to choose one of these two carpets, as a picture of your own self, then which one of the two carpets would you choose?
Christopher Alexander, ‘A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art’ , 1993, p28

13. Creative space of design process and development
Authenticity and Engagement: Knowing what a design process can and can’t do for you
Value of Teams – Knowledge Building – widening participation
Understanding and Taking Risk and Development of Resilience
Identifying and Understanding Fuzzy Boundaries and Concepts e.g. requirements understanding
Breaking down barriers/silos

14. Conclusion
Keeping up-to-date with tools and experiences – connected to an experience of trends in industry;
First hand experience and value of what works and what doesn’t and why (context);
Software development challenges;
Valuing and understanding the importance of diversity – knowledge sharing and building;
Giving students space to take appropriate/managed risk – empowerment;
Experience of core business and management processes in creating a successful project/business;
Case-studies for investigation and debate – how to improve/points of reflection

15. Thank you for listening