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 10:30 –11:30am EST Welcome to the Accelerator 1 hour Product team required

Executives required

1:30 - 3pm EST Introduction to Miro 1.5 hours Product team required

Executives recommended

Tuesday 1 - 4pm EST Team Building 3 hours Product team required

Executives required

10:30am - 12pm EST Human-Centered Design 1.5 hours Product team required

Executives required

Wednesday 10am - 12pm EST Problem framing 1: Exploring the Problem Space 2 hours Product team required

Executives recommended

Thursday
Friday 2 - 2:45pm EST End of week check-in 45 minutes Product team required

Executives required

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 10am - 12pm EST Problem framing 2: Identifying users 2 hours Product team only (required)
Tuesday 10am - 12pm EST Doing user research 2 hours Product team only (required)
Wednesday 3 - 4 pm EST Leading with Agility - stage setting 1 hour Executives only (required)
Thursday
Friday 12 - 1pm EST Lunch and Learn - with Liz McKeown 1 hour Product team optional

Executives optional

2 - 2:45pm EST 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 1 - 3pm EST Agile 101 2 hours Product team required

Executives recommended

Tuesday
Wednesday 1 - 3pm EST Problem framing 3: Problem scope and output 2 hours Product team only (required)
Thursday
Friday 1 - 2:30pm EST 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 10am - 12pm EST Generating how-might-we ideas 2 hours Product team only (required)
Tuesday
Wednesday 10am - 12pm EST Scoping and selecting ideas 2 hours Product team only (required)
1 - 4:30pm EST Leading with Agility workshop 3.5 hours Executives only (required)
Thursday 10am - 12pm EST Turning an idea into a concept 2 hours Product team only (required)
Friday 2 - 2:45pm EST 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 1 - 3pm EST Prototyping tools and techniques 2 hours Product team only (required)
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday 1 - 3pm EST Lo-fi prototype output 2 hours Product team only (required)
Friday 1 - 2:30pm EST 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 1 - 3pm EST Product management 2 hours Product team required (only)
Tuesday
Wednesday 1 - 3pm EST Backlogs and Roadmaps 2 hours Product team required
3 - 4:40pm EST Executive meetup 1.5 hours Executives only (optional)
Thursday 1 - 2:30pm EST Post-design retrospective 1.5 hours Product team required (only)
Friday 2 - 2:45pm EST 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)
2 - 2:45pm EST 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 1 - 4:30pm EST Leading with Agility workshop 3.5 hours Executives only (required)
Thursday
Friday 1 - 2:30pm EST 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 TBD Demo day pitch coaching 45 minutes per team Product team required
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday 1 - 4pm EST 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 TBD Demo day pitch coaching 30 minutes per team Product team required
Tuesday
Wednesday TBD Demo day dry run 1 hour Product team required

Executives optional

Thursday
Friday 1 - 4pm EST 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 TBD Attend Demo day! 2.5 hours Product team required

Executives required

Thursday 1 - 3pm EST Post-accelerator retro 2 hours Product team required

Executives required

Friday