2. Getting a job interview for John who is completing his
graduation at West Chester University at the end of this
summer.
Problem Statement
3. Setup a student community to collaborate on job
opportunities, soft-skills, cross training and interview
tips.
IDEA #1 Community for Placement
4. PROTOTYPE #1 Web Portal
Student Community Portal
Students/Graduates
Professors
Lean web portal setup with basic structure to prototype the
effectiveness of student community to help get placed in jobs
5. What worked well? - Facilitates the student community
setup for seeking job interviews, sharing information and
training.
What could be improved? – Integrating community setup
across different regional universities.
Questions? – Who take the responsibility to update and
maintain contents as student graduate and find jobs?
IDEA! Third year students take responsibility each year to
maintain and organize contents and this is passed year
after year.
TEST PROTOTYPE #1
6. University provides students/ graduates with brilliant
ideas to help start their own business.
IDEA #2 University Venture Capital
7. PROTOTYPE #2
University Portal for IDEA Submission
Students/Graduates
Faculty/Advisors
Funding Committee
Lean web portal for student/ student group to submit / review
business ideas. The prototype gauges the interest and help
facilitate reviewing the feasibility of this program with the
University.
8. TEST PROTOTYPE #2
What worked well? - Facilitates the general idea of
how an IDEA submission and review could work in a
community setup.
What could be improved? – The funding could include
other independent venture capitalists and industry.
Questions? – Wouldn’t a community based rating be
largely based popularity and not business viability?
IDEA! Implement an evidence based support for IDEA
submission as a criteria for validation.
9. Improvement for Prototype #1: Need to define how
the community setup can be sustained as students
graduate and find jobs as an improvement to the
defined solution.
Improvement for Prototype #2: Need to define a way
for IDEA validation and review as it cannot be based
on popularity or this may set a wrong tone.
Reflections
