● CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER REVIEW | Cohort 2026/27 • 6-Month Placement

6-Month IT Student Placement
Delivery Tracker & Venture Pipeline

Maximize productivity during the current 6-month IT placement window. Establish the institutional flagship programme, advance existing in-house projects, integrate student innovators' new ideas, and build a self-sustaining pipeline for the next batch of IT students.

CURRENT PLACEMENT STATUS Month 2 of 6 (Sprint 04/12)
ACTIVE PIPELINE HUB
12
IN-HOUSE INGESTED AUDITED: 100%
5
STUDENT WISHLIST STREAMING
7
PLACEMENT PROGRESS ON SCHEDULE
33.3%
MILESTONE VELOCITY TARGET: 90%
94%
DELIVERY BLUEPRINT

Two-Quarter Execution Architecture

Synchronized with University Terms & IT Semesters
QUARTER 1: MONTHS 1-3 [ACTIVE SPRINT] 🚀

Foundation, Integration & Market Validation Sprint

Formalize flagship incubator structure, onboard first student batch, audit and assimilate existing projects, run customer discovery interviews, and establish baseline PMF metrics.

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    Onboarding & Wishlist portal Completed Week 2 • 100% Deployed, Target: 25+ Leads
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    Existing project pipeline cataloged & assigned to IT cohort Completed Week 3 • 5 Active Codebases Audited
  • ⏳
    30+ Customer validation interviews per venture completed 18 / 30 Real Interviews Done • In Progress
  • ⏳
    Co-founder agreements & institutional IP framework formalised In legal review with Tech Transfer Directorate
QUARTER 2: MONTHS 4-6 [SCHEDULED] 📦

Market Testing, Pilot Deployments & Batch Handover

Deploy functional MVPs to closed test groups, evaluate user retention/feedback, prepare commercialization roadmaps, and document standard operating procedures for the incoming IT placement batch.

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    5 Live closed beta deployments on campus / pilot testbeds Target: Month 4 • Target: 1,000 active sessions
  • 📅
    Flagship Programme Playbook & Mentorship SOPs documented All-inclusive governance repository and mentor guidebooks
  • 📅
    Student Demo Day showcase & institutional stakeholder review High-stakes pitch to investors, mentors, and deans
  • 📅
    Seamless Knowledge Transfer & pipeline bedding period 2-week overlap with incoming batch of IT students
LIVE COLLABORATION BOARD

Integrated Innovation Pipeline

9 In-House Ventures
1. Discovery & Scoping
2

In-house initiatives in early scoping and partnership setup.

IN-HOUSE Stage 1

Kaggle Partnership

Data-science partnership giving students access to competitions and real-world problem sets.

Impact Hub Ibadan Team Scoping
IN-HOUSE Stage 1

IHI Data Hackathons

Recurring hackathon series where students solve real-world problems using live datasets.

IHI Programme Office Planning
2. In-House Refinement
5

Assimilated in-house ventures upgraded by incoming IT team.

IN-HOUSE CORE Stage 2

MyworkAfrica App (V2)

Second major rebuild of the MyworkAfrica opportunity and work-readiness platform.

In-house Product Team In Development
IN-HOUSE CORE Stage 2

ESS — Enterprise Support Service

Enterprise support service system built for start-ups and SMEs.

In-house Product Team In Development
IN-HOUSE CORE Stage 2

Gbera

Keke (tricycle) hailing app — Dr Oyamakin's project.

Dr Oyamakin In Development
IN-HOUSE CORE Stage 2

Swag Republic

In-house merchandise and apparel brand.

In-house Team In Development
IN-HOUSE CORE Stage 2

Swag Octopus

In-house creative merchandise brand.

In-house Team In Development
3. Validation & Testing
2

Active testbeds, user feedback loops, and telemetry.

ACTIVE TESTBED Stage 3

SharpEye (placeholder name)

Browser extension that warns users before they click a scam link.

In-house Product Team Pilot Testing
ACTIVE TESTBED Stage 3

Sọrọ-Soke

Africa's premier AI-native, agentic, multilingual CRM solution.

In-house Product Team Pilot Testing
4. Deployment & Next Batch
0

Reserved lane — every venture is still in-house and under development. Releases land here once build-out is complete.

CONTINUITY & SUCCESSION ARCHITECTURE

Sustainable Pipeline Blueprint — Ensuring Seamless Succession and Compounding Venture Success

Student ventures often perish during placement rotations due to undocumented knowledge loss. Our turnkey transition protocol ensures each cohort leaves behind robust schema, structured architecture, live user bases, and well-organized product backlogs.

NEXT PLACEMENT READINESS
66% Built
Ahead of Month 6 Target
1. Operational

Operational Runbooks

Full git commit history, system architecture diagrams, and step-by-step local assembly & deployment instructions.

✓ Runbook Spec Complete
2. Structured

Structured Backlogs

Prioritized user stories, uncompleted sprint tasks, and roadmap for incoming student developers.

✓ 12 Feature Sprints Queued
3. Shadow

Shadow Rotation

2-week mandatory overlap between departing and incoming student cohorts, shadowing code reviews and release deployments.

✓ Overlap Protocol Active
4. IP & Vault

IP & Credential Vault

Automated credentials handover vault through AWS Secrets Manager, staging environments, and database migration scripts.

✓ Secured & Handover Ready