Web-DOG Industry-Academia Project

Regional SMEs want to use the web but lack budget and people; meanwhile students have few chances for real production experience. It started from the question of whether both could be solved at once.

We designed and ran "Web-DOG," an industry-academia scheme where local companies hold a competition and students handle everything from requirements to site production. It was rolled out in regions such as Iwate and Gunma.

In Web-DOG, local companies present real projects in a competition format, and student teams take on requirements definition, structure design, design, and implementation. tentus designs and runs the whole program, mentoring students at each stage and passing on how professional projects are run. In Iwate, students led the renewal of a long-established sake brewery's site, from kickoff through concept, structure and design, implementation, and launch. Rolled out to Gunma and other regions, it gives companies practical deliverables and students end-to-end experience from requirements to launch. Rather than a one-off build, the emphasis is on leaving the industry-academia framework itself in the region.

We achieved regional problem-solving and hands-on student education at the same time — creating a regional-DX model that benefits companies, schools and students alike.