  In order to explore the practical potential and needs of interdisciplinary
knowledge and competence requirements of Blockchain technology, the project
activity "Development of Interdisciplinary Blockchain Skills Concept" starts
with the literature review identifying the state of the art of Blockchain in
Supply Chain Management and Logistics, Business and Finance, as well as
Computer Science and IT-Security. The project activity further explores the
academic and industry landscape of existing initiatives in education which
offer Blockchain courses. Moreover, job descriptions and adverts are analyzed
in order to specify today's competence requirements from enterprises. To
discuss and define the future required competence, expert workshops are
organized to validate the findings by academic experts. Based on the research
outcome and validation, an interdisciplinary approach for Blockchain competence
is developed.
  A second part focuses on the development of the Blockchain Best Practices
activity while conducting qualitative empirical research based on case studies
with industry representatives. Therefore, company interviews, based on the
theoretical basis of Output 1, explore existing Blockchain use cases in
different sectors. Due to the interdisciplinary importance of Blockchain
technology, these skills will be defined by different perspectives of
Blockchain from across multiple mentioned disciplines. The use cases and
companies for the interviews will be selected based on various sampling
criteria to gain results valid for a broad scale. The analysis of the various
use cases will be conducted and defined in a standardized format to identify
the key drivers and competence requirements for Blockchain technology
applications and their adoption. On the one hand, this approach ensures
comparability, on the other hand, it facilitates the development of a
structured and systematic framework.
