At the invitation of the SAP University Alliance, four students from the Master’s degree programme in IT and Business Process Management at the University of Liechtenstein were given the opportunity to take part in CeBIT in Hanover, the world’s largest information technology event.
At the invitation of the SAP University Alliance, four students from the Master’s degree programme in IT and Business Process Management at the University of Liechtenstein were given the opportunity to take part in CeBIT in Hanover, the world’s largest information technology event.
The SAP University Alliances programme organized the innovation competition, SAP University Alliances InnoJam@CeBIT, from 11 to 13 March 2014. More than 100 students from all over the world worked in teams to develop prototypes for real business scenarios based on SAP HANA, which they subsequently presented to a jury of experts.
The participants from the University of Liechtenstein were given the chance to prove their mettle at an InnoJam. The 12 teams, consisting of over 100 international participants, were tasked with developing a prototype for one of five challenges entitled “The New Supply Chain”, “The New Student Information System”, “The New Bank”, “The Smart City” and “The Citizen Science Project”. The groups worked around the clock for 33 hours to give a six-minute presentation of their proposed solutions at the end.
Master’s student Dominik Dür had the honour of presenting his group’s solution on the SAP stage during the final. Together with his team, he designed an application that offers a secure and easy-to-use banking tool tailored to a young target group.
Hilti practical project as the starting point
The chosen students had come out on top in a Design Thinking competition as part of the Process Implementation module. In February 2014, the students were commissioned by Hilti AG to develop prototypes for smartphone applications to facilitate cross-border mobility in the Rhine Valley/Lake Constance region.
“Not only is the Master’s degree programme in IT and Business Process Management particularly well-represented at international competitions such as InnoJam – the students who participate also contribute some of the best solutions. We see this as a real testament to the success of this degree programme,” says Dr. Theresa Schmiedel, assistant professor at the Institute of Information Systems.