CSPS Digital Academy/CSPS Digital Accelerator/Master Schedule

CSPS Digital Accelerator - Full Schedule (DRAFT)

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	1.5 hours	Product team required Executives optional
Tuesday		Team Building	3 hours	Product team required Executives required
		Human-Centered Design	1.5 hours	Product team required Executives required
Wednesday		Problem framing 1: 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:

1. 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: Identifying users	2 hours	Product team only (required)
Tuesday		Doing user research	2 hours	Product team only (required)
Wednesday		Leading with Agility - stage setting	1 hour	Executives only (required)
Thursday
Friday		End of week check-in	45 minutes	Product team required Executives required

Teams will also make time for:

1. Team work (about 3 hours) - Product team only (required)

Week 3 (Jan 24)

Day of the Week	Time	Topic	Length	Participants
Monday		Agile 101	2 hours	Product team required Executives optional
Tuesday
Wednesday		Problem framing 3: Problem scope and output	2 hours	Product team only (required)
Thursday
Friday		Show and tell	1.5 hours	Product team required Executives required

Teams will also make time for:

1. User research (about 3 hours) - Product team required, executives optional
2. User synthesis (about 2 hours) - Product team required, executives optional
3. Feedback for product teams (about 1 hour) - Product team and executives required
4. Team retrospective (about 30 min - 1 hour) - Product team only

Week 4 (Jan 31)

Day of the Week	Time	Topic	Length	Participants
Monday		Generating how-might-we ideas	2 hours	Product team only (required)
Tuesday
Wednesday		Leading with Agility workshop	3.5 hours	Executives only (required)
		Scoping and selecting ideas	2 hours	Product team only (required)
Thursday		Turning an idea into a concept	2 hours	Product team only (required)
Friday		End of week check-in	45 minutes	Product team required Executives required

Week 5 (Feb 7)

Day of the Week	Time	Topic	Length	Participants
Monday		Prototyping tools and techniques	1 hour	Product team only (required)
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday		Lo-fi prototype output	2 hours	Product team only (required)
Friday		Show and Tell	1.5 hours	Product team required Executives required

Teams will also make time for:

1. Team retrospective (about 30 min - 1 hour) - Product team only

Week 6 (Feb 14)

Day of the Week	Time	Topic	Length	Participants
Monday		Product management	2 hours	Product team required (only)
Tuesday
Wednesday		Backlogs and Roadmaps	2 hours	Product team required
		Executive meetup	1.5 hours	Executives only (optional)
Thursday		Post-design retrospective	1.5 hours	Product team required (only)
Friday		End of week check-in	45 min	Product team required Executives required

Teams will also make time for:

1. Team work to improve prototype (about 3 hours) - Product team only (required)
2. User testing (about 5 hours) - Product team required, executives optional

Week 7 (Feb 21)

Day of the Week	Time	Topic	Length	Participants
Monday	Note the holidays: Family Day (ON, BC, AB, SK, NB) Islander Day (PE) Louis Riel Day (MB) Heritage Day (NS)
Tuesday		By Design (C250)		Product team only (1-2 per team)
Wednesday		By Design (C250)		Product team only (1-2 per team)
Thursday		By Design (C250)		Product team only (1-2 per team)
Friday	Note the holiday: Heritage Day (YK)
		End of week check-in	45 min	Product team required Executives required

Teams will also make time for:

1. Prototyping (about 5 hours) - Product team only (required)
2. 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 workshop	3.5 hours	Executives only (required)
Thursday
Friday		Show and tell	1.5 hours	Product team required Executives required

Teams will also make time for:

1. Demo day pitch review (about 2 hours) - Product team and executives required
2. Prototyping (about 5 hours) - Product team only (required)
3. User testing and synthesis (about 3 hours) - Product team required, executives optional
4. Team retrospective (about 30 min - 1 hour) - Product team only

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:

1. Demo day pitch review (about 2 hours) - Product team and executives required
2. Prototyping (about 5 hours) - Product team only (required)
3. 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:

1. Prototyping (about 2.5 hours) - Product team only (required)
2. Demo day pitch review (about 2 hours) - Product team and executives required
3. User testing and synthesis (about 2 hours) - Product team required, executives optional

Week 11 - Final week! (Mar 21)

Day of the Week	Time	Topic	Length	Participants
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday		Attend Demo day!	2.5 hours	Product team required Executives required
Thursday		Post-accelerator retro	2 hours	Product team required Executives required
Friday