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Business Value Creation by IT (BVC)

Andy Weeger

Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences

September 14, 2026

General remarks

In this course you will develop a technological artifact that has the potential to create value for a specific organisation (e.g. prototyping a new product, improving a process, supporting a decision).

As to that, you

• will apply your learning from your undergraduate degree as well as from the first semester of your Masters program; and you
• will also be introduced to current methodological and theoretical knowledge. This will help you to carry out the real-world problem and to reflect on the process and the results.

It is very important that you prepare yourself for the classes (see Table 1 for details).

Contents

There will be no teaching sessions this semester. To support understanding and transfer of topics, please refer to the lecture notes from last semester covering, e.g.,:

• Essential aspects of IT/digital resources
• Turning digital resources into value
• Challenges in implementing digital resources (changing, adopting & using)
• Current approaches of AI-enabled value creation (i.e., Agentic AI)
• Identification of (customer) needs (e.g. Design Thinking)

Learning objectives

During this course, you should advance your skills in the following areas:

• Understand the mechanisms of value contribution by IT
• How to design and implement IT solutions that create value in a specific context.
• How to apply and contextualise existing knowledge and understanding of disruptive technologies in the context of a specific organisational environment
• Problem-solving skills to analyze the particularities and complexities of different project contexts
• Reflecting on social and ethical responsibilities and making responsible decisions with incomplete or limited information

Examination

During the semester you will be required to work within a group on a business challenge posed by practitioners. The examination will be based on following performances:

• A presentation of your approach to the challenge and the value contribution of your solution.
• A seminar paper that details your approach and solution.

Details regarding the assignment can be found here.

Effort

You will gain 5 ECTS for this course.
This corresponds to approx. 150 hours of workload for average students required to pass the module.

Schedule

It is important that you work on the challenges in a self-organised and continuous manner.

Date	Topic	Preparation
28.10.2026, eod	Briefing: Assignment (via Email)	-
12.01.2027, eod	Deadline: Submit Pitch Deck (via Email)	Slides
13.01.2027, 3 pm	Final Presentation & Feedback (Room tbd)	Pitch
25.01.2027	Deadline: Submit Paper (via Email)	Paper

Table 1: Schedule winter term 2026 (may be subjected to changes)