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Académie du numérique/Accélérateur du numérique EFPC/Calendrier principal
Week 1 (Jan 10)
| Day of the Week | Time | Topic | Length | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Welcome to the Accelerator | 1.5 hours | Product team required
Executives required | |
| Introduction to Miro | 1 hour | Product team required
Executives optional | ||
| Tuesday | Team Building | 2.5 hours | Product team required
Executives required | |
| Human-Centered Design | 3 hours | |||
| Wednesday | Exploring the Problem Space | 2 hours | Product team required
Executives optional | |
| Thursday | ||||
| Friday | End of week check-in | 45 minutes | Product team required
Executives required | |
| Lunch and Learn - with Liz McKeown | 1 hour | Product team optional
Executives optional |
Teams will also make time for:
- Team work (about 2 hours) - Product team only (required)
Week 2 (Jan 17)
| Day of the Week | Time | Topic | Length | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Problem framing | 2 hours | Product team required
Executives optional | |
| Tuesday | Finding your users | 2 hours | Product team only (required) | |
| Wednesday | Agile 101 | 2 hours | Product team required
Executives optional | |
| Leading with Agility | 2 hours | Executives only (required) | ||
| Thursday | ||||
| Friday | End of week check-in | 45 minutes | Product team required
Executives required |
Teams will also make time for:
- Team work (about 3 hours) - Product team only (required)
Week 3 (Jan 24)
| Day of the Week | Time | Topic | Length | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Problem scope and output | 2 hours | Product team only (required) | |
| Tuesday | ||||
| Wednesday | Introduction to pitching | 1.5 hours | Product team only (required) | |
| Thursday | ||||
| Friday | Show and tell | 2 hours | Product team required
Executives required |
Teams will also make time for:
- User research (about 3 hours) - Product team required, executives optional
- User synthesis (about 2 hours) - Product team and executives required
- Feedback for product teams (about 1 hour) - Product team and executives required
Week 4 (Jan 31)
| Day of the Week | Time | Topic | Length | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Generating solution ideas / How-Might-We | 2 hours | Product team only (required) | |
| Tuesday | ||||
| Wednesday | Leading with Agility | 2 hours | Executives only (required) | |
| Scoping solution ideas for prototyping | 2 hours | Product team only (required) | ||
| Thursday | Selecting solution ideas | 2 hours | Product team only (required) | |
| Friday | End of week check-in | 45 minutes | Product team required
Executives required |
Teams will also make time for:
- Pitch day preparation and review (about 2 hours) - Product team and executives required
Week 5 (Feb 7)
| Day of the Week | Time | Topic | Length | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | How to give design critique | 1 hour | Product team required
Executives required | |
| Prototyping tools and techniques | 2 hours | Product team only (required) | ||
| Tuesday | ||||
| Wednesday | Desirable, viable, feasible | 1.5 hours | Product team required
Executives required | |
| Thursday | Lo-fi prototype output | 2 hours | Product team only (required) | |
| Friday | Show and Tell | 2 hours | Product team required
Executives required |
Teams will also make time for:
- Pitch day preparation and review (about 2 hours) - Product team and executives required
Week 6 (Feb 14)
| Day of the Week | Time | Topic | Length | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | User testing | 2 hours | Product team required
Executives optional | |
| Tuesday | ||||
| Wednesday | Backlogs and Roadmaps | 2 hours | Product team required\
Executives optional | |
| Leading with Agility | 2 hours | Executives only (required) | ||
| Thursday | ||||
| Friday | Pitch review with Accelerator team | 30 minutes per team | Product team required
Executives optional |
Teams will also make time for:
- Pitch day preparation and review (about 1.5 hours) - Product team and executives required
- Team work to improve prototype (about 3 hours) - Product team only (required)
- User testing (about 5 hours) - Product team required, executives optional
Week 7 (Feb 21)
| Day of the Week | Time | Topic | Length | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Pitch coaching | 30 minutes per team | Product team required
Executives optional | |
| Tuesday | Pitch day dry run | 2 hours | Product team required
Executives optional | |
| Wednesday | Attend pitch day | 2.5 hours | Product team required
Executives required | |
| Thursday | ||||
| Friday | Pitch day debrief | Product team required
Executives required |
Teams will also make time for:
- Prototyping (about 5 hours) - Product team only (required)
- User testing and synthesis (about 3 hours) - Product team required, executives optional
Week 8 (Feb 28)
| Day of the Week | Time | Topic | Length | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | ||||
| Tuesday | ||||
| Wednesday | Leading with Agility | 2 hours | Executives only (required) | |
| Thursday | ||||
| Friday | Show and tell | 2 hours | Product team required
Executives required |
Teams will also make time for:
- Demo day pitch review (about 2 hours) - Product team and executives required
- Prototyping (about 5 hours) - Product team only (required)
- User testing and synthesis (about 3 hours) - Product team and executives required
Week 9 (Mar 7)
| Day of the Week | Time | Topic | Length | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Demo day pitch coaching | 45 minutes per team | Product team required | |
| Tuesday | ||||
| Wednesday | ||||
| Thursday | ||||
| Friday | Show and tell round 1 (5 teams) | 3 hours | Product team required
Executives required |
Teams will also make time for:
- Demo day pitch review (about 2 hours) - Product team and executives required
- Prototyping (about 5 hours) - Product team only (required)
- User testing and synthesis (about 3 hours) - Product team and executives required
Week 10 (Mar 14)
| Day of the Week | Time | Topic | Length | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Demo day pitch coaching | 30 minutes per team | Product team required | |
| Tuesday | ||||
| Wednesday | Demo day dry run | 1 hour | Product team required
Executives optional | |
| Thursday | ||||
| Friday | Show and tell round 2 (5 different teams) | 3 hours | Product team required
Executives required |
Teams will also make time for:
- Prototyping (about 2.5 hours) - Product team only (required)
- Demo day pitch review (about 2 hours) - Product team and executives required
- User testing and synthesis (about 2 hours) - Product team and executives required
Week 11 - Final week! (Mar 21)
| Day of the Week | Time | Topic | Length | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | ||||
| Tuesday | ||||
| Wednesday | Attend Demo day! | 3 hours | Product team required
Executives required | |
| Thursday | Post-accelerator retro | 2 hours | Product team required
Executives required | |
| Friday |
