The digital transformation is one of the major challenges for companies, society and the education system, which requires new forms of management. Due to disruptive elements and jump innovations, projects are a major organisational pattern for the digital transformation. The consortium of the Knowledge Alliance "Projects for the Digital Transformation" is building a community, training and knowledge cluster of universities, companies and other partners that will provide the required competences for project management for the digital transformations. Central to this are the international, intercultural and interdisciplinary competencies that are indispensable in a project. The consortium is focusing on a common competence model for the digital transformation. It is used to develop target group-specific courses which are made available as Open Educational Resources (OER). Moreover, competence development paths must be defined and tailored to the target persons in order to build up competence. They will be created through joint projects, workshops, summer schools, case studies and industry internships in internationally mixed teams. The concept of a cross-border virtual Master and PhD School will be linked to the corporate training programmes of enterprises. Training results and practical elements can be accumulated into academic degrees and academic offers become usable and certifiable in a professional environment. The development of standards, content and learning materials is carried out by joint communities of practice with university and company experts. The co-production approach leads to a sustainable commitment of all partners. A special focus is on the development of an agile start-up culture by involving relevant companies and associations and addressing the skills required for start-ups in the field of digitization. A digital communication concept will position the Knowledge Alliance and disseminate the results in the sense of a blueprint.
The main objective of the project is to generate new knowledge and respective educational resources about the management of Digital Transformation Projects (DTP), a novel type of projects which requires novel project management methods. The first project outcome is a compilation of processes, methods, and tools for the management of DTP. The second project objective is to implement 4 educational packages for students and company staff and 1 Train-the-Trainer programme.
There is a significant gap in the knowledge and understanding of digital transformation projects. A digital transformation journey contradicts the idea of projects with defined scope, start and end. But projects are still the most relevant tools for the management of the digital transformation. Therefore, there is a need for a better understanding of digital transformation projects, leading to a research gap with a need for research in industry-university collaboration and a need for education.
<< Background >> There is a significant gap in the knowledge and understanding of digital transformation projects. A digital transformation journey contradicts the idea of projects with defined scope, start and end. But projects are still the most relevant tools for the management of the digital transformation. Therefore, there is a need for a better understanding of digital transformation projects, leading to a research gap with a need for research in industry-university collaboration and a need for education. << Objectives >> The main objective of the project is to generate new knowledge and respective educational resources about the management of Digital Transformation Projects (DTP), a novel type of projects which requires novel project management methods. The first project outcome is a compilation of processes, methods, and tools for the management of DTP. The second project objective is to implement 4 educational packages for students and company staff and 1 Train-the-Trainer programme. << Implementation >> The project follows a 3-layer design where the development is organized in a digital & projectized way, the teaching methods and didactics are done by a digital and projectized delivery and the content of the modules is about the digitalized and projectized world. This will be addressed with a an iterative development process: based on a module specification, the eLearning content will be designed. The course will be tested in pilot sessions. After quality check, the module is released. << Results >> 4 innovative outcomes are generated:• MDT processes & tools handbook • Digital Transformation Maturity Model – DTMM• Competence Model for the Digital Transformation – CMDT• Digital Sustainability Canvas – DSC3 educational packages (30 ECTS each) are developed:• Agile & Projectized organisations in the digital era • Competences and the digital transformation• Sustainable digital transformation