TECH4BIZ – Technology for Business Professionals

Are you managing, selling, or collaborating with tech but don’t really get it? Our Tech4Biz intensive course helps reduce the gap between tech roles and business people in charge of delivering or running tech-related products.

Learn what leading business experts from Microsoft, SAS, Emarsys and Green Fox Academy have to say about improving your tech skills for today’s business world. Watch our TECH UP YOUR BUSINESS WEBINAR:

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WHY IS IT ESSENTIAL TO HAVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF TECH?

Firms that have implemented digital technologies tend to perform better than non-digital firms. (Who is prepared for the new digital age? – EIB 2020)

Nowadays we cannot talk about “tech” and “non-tech” jobs. Technology is already deeply embedded in nearly every product and service. This is why we believe it is essential for non-tech people to speak and understand the “tech” language too.

ABOUT THE COURSE

Hands-on and in-depth

We believe that a knowledge gap cannot be filled by theory alone. Whenever we learn a new theoretical concept, we immediately put it into practice, based on real-life scenarios and projects. What you will get:

20 hours of Coding: Introduction to coding, algorithms, and data structures. Learn how to use basic tools, how to deliver small projects and where to search for help. HTML, CSS, basics of JavaScript, Git, deployment, process automation, etc.
6 hours of IT project management: IT as a megatrend, Industry 4.0: markets and relevancy, basics of IT PM, budgeting process of IT projects, glimpse into agile & SCRUM

OUR LECTURERS WILL BE

Péter Velősy

Mentor at Green Fox Academy, 10+ years of IT experience, Senior Software Architect

Gilbert Silvius

International IT Project Management Expert I Certified Project Manager, Scrum Master and Product Owner

Day 1: Internet & Basics of Web Development

How does the internet work?
- HTTP
- IP
- URL
Tools for creating programs
Basics of web development
- HTML basics
  - HTML elements
  - Nesting
  - Most commonly used elements
  - Forms
- CSS
  - CSS rules
  - Different types of selectors
  - Most commonly used properties
- The box model

Day 2: Web Development Workshop

Basics of web development workshop

Coding exercises and challenges
Blog project workshop – getting started

Day 3: Basics of Programming

Basics of programming
- What is JavaScript?
- Data types
- Declaring variables
- Conditions
- Functions

Day 4: IT Business Innovation & Project Planning

IT driven business innovation and change
- IT as a driver of business innovation
- Industry 4.0
- Projects as instruments of change
(IT) project planning
- The project lifecycle
- Project initiation: objectives and goals
- Project planning: stakeholder analysis

Day 5: (IT) Project Planning & Controlling; Agile

(IT) project planning
- Structuring the project work: WBS and Gantt chart
- Budgeting
- Project organization
(IT) project controlling
The agile approach to projects
- Agile principles
- Agile methodologies: Scrum
- Controlling an agile project

Day 6: Basics of Programming Workshop

Basics of programming workshop

Coding exercises and challenges
Blog project workshop – continued

Day 7: Git, Deployment; What Next?

Git
- Understanding the basics of Git
- Cloning, staging, commit, push
Deployment
- How to publish a website?
- Automatic deployment
Process automation
Where to go next?
Deploying the blog project to live

Course Information

Required preliminary qualification:
Business background

Language:
English

Course starts:
tba

Maximum number of students:
20

Venue:
Zoom

Price:
490 EUR

Discount: 30%
early bookers
Lauder Business School Partners & Alumni
Green Fox Academy Partners & Alumni

Schedule: 20 hours of coding + 6 hours of IT project management; exact dates TBA

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WHO SHOULD APPLY?

All business professionals who would like to have a better understanding of what their software developers are talking about.

Company owners who want to co-create tech input for their company’s digital strategy.
“C” level executives and managers who want to manage their company more effectively by better understanding the software development process.
Marketing, sales, and finance experts who deal with tech people in their everyday work and/or want to switch to a tech-heavy field.
Roles: Project Manager, Product Owner, Tech Entrepreneur, Digital Marketer, IT Sales Manager, FinTech Product Manager, etc.

HOW DOES THIS COURSE HELP YOU LEVEL UP YOUR BUSINESS?

You will be able to:

Decision Making

Make decisions with tech awareness.

Collaboration

Collaborate better with your IT team.

Strategy

Have strategic discussions about key IT decisions.

Digitization

Facilitate the digitization of your business with a holistic understanding of tech trends.

“In the era of digital transformation, leading your own business is easier and more profitable if you have at least fundamental programming skills.”

“You know much sooner which development projects are feasible, how long they take, and whether the resources invested have a positive return on investment.”

Vilmos Csibi, Co-founder at Osteroo, former student of Green Fox Academy

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DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?

PAST EVENT:

FREE WEBINAR: TECH UP YOUR BUSINESS!

WATCH

As automation and the role of big data accelerates, tech dominates business trends. RPA, digitalization, AI, lean, agile: just a few of those buzzwords you cannot distance yourself from.

- - How is technology transforming companies?
  - How can you and your company be in step with these trends?
  - As a business professional which skills do you need to develop?
  - Are IT skills really essential in 2021 to lead your company?
  - Best practices: how can technology help a company operate more effectively?

After the the roundtable discussion participants had the opportunity to try out coding in a 2-hour workshop as part of the webinar. They built their very first website using HTML in Visual Studio Code.

Gabriella Csanak

Director, Marketing & Business Operations at Microsoft

Donald Baillie

Advisory Business Solutions Manager Risk at SAS

Ágota Bíró

People Director, R&D at Emarsys

Péter Langmár

Executive Board Member at Green Fox Academy

Barnabas Malnay

Partner at Smartware.Tech

Who We Are

Lauder Business School

Where Innovation and Business Come Together

Since its founding years as a University of Applied Sciences in Vienna/Austria, Lauder Business School has been based on industry market needs and the latest private sector developments. The academic agenda, the hands-on approach in teaching as well as real-life projects have shaped the interconnectedness between education and business.

Moving one step further, we have established the LBS Innovation Center that works hand in hand with the industry sector and has set the goal of promoting innovation, entrepreneurship and developing future technologies in Austria.

Green Fox Academy

Green Fox Academy is Hungary’s first super-intensive, impact-driven coding bootcamp and IT talent pool, which was founded in 2015 in order to help motivated, talented young people build a career in IT. Today, we aim to not only enrich the IT market with new talent, but, through our Upskilling | Reskilling services also help companies keep up with the latest development trends and the challenges of digital transformation.