The SAP HANA Lab at TVZ University addresses employment challenges in the ICT sector by providing personalized, project-based learning that integrates university education with certification and professional skills development. The lab focuses on student sourcing and company needs alignment, aiming to create a cost-effective talent pool while reducing recruitment and training costs for employers. Current projects include technologies for in-store promotion and emotional recognition, emphasizing adaptability and continuous learning in an evolving job market.

1. SAP HANA lab @ TVZ
Zagreb University of Applied Sciencies
Contact:
slugovic@tvz.hr
https://twitter.com/sergejlugovic
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergejlugovic

2. Employment
Challenges
Current
Solu/ons
Competition for the talent Job
Fairs
ICT skills shortage Advertising Job positions
Unclear pathways from education to careers Recruitment agencies
Increased costs of university based education Traineeship, Internship, Apprenticeship
Student debts Scholarships and funding
Dynamic technology change and shifts in skills
demand
Continuous Professional Education
Learning curve associated costs (direct and indirect) Bootcamps Vocational education

3. SAP HANA lab @ TVZ In Brief
Personalised and Collaborative Project Based
Learning (delivered online and offline)Approach:
SAP UA, SAP Learning Hub Open SAPCourses and Certification:
SAP HANA Cloud PlatformFocus:
SAP UA, Student Unions, Domain Experts...Partners:
Value
proposi/on:
For
Employer:
Employ
Deploy
For
Students:
Learn
Earn
3, 6, 10 monthsProgram Duration:

4. Differentiation
Project
in
which
learning
happens
is
selected
by
company
crea/ng
direct
value
for
that
company
Students
are
located
in
the
SAP
HANA
lab
@
TVZ
under
professional
supervision
Customised curriculum
that
develops
student
skills needed by the company
Peer2Peer
and
horizontal
learning
Before
employment
company
gains
insight
into
the
student
skills
and
fit
with
the
team
culture
Access
to
network
of
domain
experts
It
is
integrated
with
university
based
educa/on
(not
just
certification or training)
Collabora/ve
processes
and
temporary
organisa/onal
structures
that
could
quickly
adapt
to
the
needs
of
the
company
Autonomy,
purpose
and
relevant
skills
development
for
the
students

5. SAP HANA lab @ TVZ functions
Student sourcing and temporary employment
HR, FI, Certification Legal aspects (incl. no termination clause and NDA’s)
Learning Project Scope aligned with customer business needs
Curriculum development around customer project
Project Based Learning practice
Stakeholders
Mgmt
(SAP,
Govt
Agencies,
Student
Unions,
NGO’s...)
Project delivery management (for the company)
Con/nuos
research,
implementa/on,
evalua/on
and
improvement
of
learning
techniques
used

6. SAP HANA lab @ TVZ strucutre
Tutor
(T) Lab
(L)
Planning and Management
Execution and delivery
Company
Mgmt
(CM)
Company
Employees
(CE)
Students
(S)
Audit
(A)
Domain
Experts
(DE)

7. Company
needs
and
project
briefing
Students
sourcing,
evalua/on
and
selec/on
Project
scoping
Curriculum
Development
Project
Based
Learning
Peer2peer
session
and
horizontal
knowledge
exchange
Con/nuos
repor/ng
to
the
company
Audit
based
on
stakeholders
interests
Final
evalua/on
Student
employment
(if
employer
is
sa/sfied)
SAP HANA lab @ TVZ process

8. Benefits
measurable added value
through the projects
implementation
no indirect costs as
students are accomodated
and mentored at our lab
better ratio of what
students learn and what
company needs
more effective learning
curve (in terms of costs
and learning outcomes)
lower risk of employing
new people
integration of university,
customised education and
profesional certification
ecosystem of domain
experts
adaptive organisation that
could sense, respond and
learn faster
better students
engagement

9. Current Projects
Applica/on
suppor/ng
In-­‐store
promo/on
processes
Extended
BI
func/onali/es
on
top
of
the
Na/onal
Informa/on
System
of
Higher
Educa/on
Ins/tu/ons
Integra/on
of
emo/ons
recogni/on
SW
with
SAP
HANA
cloud
pla]orm
Log2R
-­‐
inges/ng
logs
to
R
studio

10. Risk Evaluation
Market
uncertainty - as
relatively
new,
SAP
HANA
Cloud
Pla]orm
technology
has
unpredictable
demand.
Upfront
investment
into
the
student
educa/on
with
the poten/al
of
employment
makes
it
cost
effec/ve
(comparing
to
situa/ons
where
experts
are
full
/me
employees
and
wait
for
the
project)
Organisa-onal
uncertainty -­‐
“op/on”
to
employ
and
deploy
if
necessary,
cost
effec/ve
talents
pool
development
and
knowledge
transfer
through
the
organisa/on
Process
and
product
uncertainty -
cost
effec/ve
pilot
projects,
SAP
HANA
Cloud
Pla]orm
technology
evalua/on
through
the
different
use
cases
Legal
uncertainty -­‐
no
need
for
full
employment
/ll
the
students
develop
skills
needed
to
be
fully
utlised
on
the
market,
exploring
legal
and
tax
benefits
aimed
for
student
employment
Financial
uncertainty -­‐
beber
ROI
in
Human
Resources
Mgmt

11. Price components
-­‐
Lab
infrastructure
-­‐
Recruitment
fee
-­‐
University
fee
-­‐
Cer/fica/on
-­‐
Domain
experts
-­‐
Tutor
-­‐
Students
scholarships
-­‐
Developing
a
Curriculum
-­‐
Project
Scope
and
Mgmt
-­‐
Student
sourcing
and
evalua/on

12. Team
-­‐
Sergej
Lugovic,
MSc,
MBA
-­‐
Andor
Gužvanj,
Bacc.
Ing.
-­‐
Marko
Horvat,
PhD