Schedule

Please consult Smith’s academic calendar.

Note: all videos with the icon are available via Moodle.

Intro

1. Mon, Jan 27

• Introductions
• Meet our project sponsors

Homework

• Complete project selection form by Tuesday at noon (log into Smith in your browser)
• Review Scrum content (before next class):
  • Read the Scrum manifesto
  • Watch Understanding Scrum
  • Watch the first 7 minutes of Scrum in 10 Minutes
  • Review additional information from Atlassian
  • Scrum roles (watch screencast on Moodle)
  • Sprint mechanics
  • Kanban
  • User stories

2. Wed, Jan 29

• Project assignments
  • Sign Capstone Agreements
• GitHub setup
  • GitHub setup
  • Fork and clone repositories
  • Set up remotes
  • Add names to README via pull request
• From the 192 vault:
  • Intro to GitHub: slides, screencast
  • Reproducible examples: slides, screencast
  • Resolving GitHub conflicts: slides, screencast
  • Live demo of GitHub conflicts: screencast
• Time permitting
  • Team Name Generator
  • Mascot / hex sticker
  • Q&A about Scrum

Homework

• Elect a product owner for Sprint 1
• Contact your project sponsor!
• Pick a time on Friday/Saturday/Sunday for your 3rd weekly standup, post the schedule to Slack, and pin it

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Sprint 1

3. Mon, Feb 3

• Introduction to Teamwork
  • Megan Lyster
    Assistant Director of the Wurtele Center
• Time permitting:
  • Sprint planning:
    • Brainstorm a Blue Sky vision
    • Set up sprint board using GitHub Projects

Homework

• Read Codes of Ethics

4. Wed, Feb 5

• Data security
• Codes of Ethics

5. Mon, Feb 10

• Projects

Homework

• Read Critique of Codes of Ethics

6. Wed, Feb 12

• Critique of Codes of Ethics

7. Mon, Feb 17

• Projects

Homework

• Book an appointment for a grade conference
• Complete the Sprint 1 pre-retro check-in questionnaire on Moodle by Wednesday, 9 am
• Prepare for Sprint Demo
  • Watch this video about sprint demos
  • Read more about sprint reviews/demos
  • Prepare for 10 minute demo during next class

8. Wed, Feb 19

time	demo	retro
13:25	fhi	elmhurst
13:35	chicubs	fhi
13:45	dancedata	chicubs
13:55	honda	dancedata
14:05	cleveland	honda
14:15	elmhurst	cleveland

• Sprint demo (no more than 10 minutes, with Ben)
• Sprint retrospective (with Megan)
  • Watch this video about sprint retrospectives
  • Read more about sprint retrospectives
  • Read more about sprint retros in Scrum
  • Revisit your Group Norms (on your README)

Homework

• Submit Sprint 1 retrospective to Moodle (by Friday)
• Complete Reflection and projected grade after Sprint 1 on Moodle (by Sunday)

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Sprint 2

9. Mon, Feb 24

• Sprint planning

Homework

• Code review

10. Wed, Feb 26

• COMPAS

11. Mon, Mar 3

• Projects

12. Wed, Mar 5

• COMPAS, continued

13. Mon, Mar 10

• Projects

14. Wed, Mar 12

time	demo	retro
13:25	dancedata	cleveland
13:35	honda	dancedata
13:45	elmhurst	honda
13:55	fhi	elmhurst
14:05	chicubs	fhi
14:15	cleveland	chicubs

• Sprint 2 Demo
• Sprint retro (with Megan)
• Sprint planning

15. Mon, Mar 17

• SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS

16. Wed, Mar 19

• SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS

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Sprint 3

17. Mon, Mar 24

• Sprint planning

18. Wed, Mar 26

• Stochastic parrots

Homework

• Submit Final paper, 1st draft by Thursday at midnight

19. Mon, Mar 31

• Projects
• Draft feedback

Homework

• Record a presentation by Friday, 5 pm
  • 1st draft of (first part of) presentation!
  • ~5 minutes
  • Make a few slides
  • Not a demo
  • Concentrate on:
    • What is the problem?
    • What data do you have?
    • What are the keys issues? Why is this hard?

20. Wed, Apr 2

• Ethics essay topic lightning talk

Homework

• Submit Second Reflection to Moodle by Sunday
• Schedule a final presentation with your client!
  • Towards the end of the semester
  • It’s OK with me if it happens during reading period or finals week, but you have the right to not have it during that time.
  • I want to be there – I will work around your schedule

21. Mon, Apr 7

• Projects

22. Wed, Apr 9

time	demo	retro
13:25	dancedata	fhi
13:35	honda	dancedata
13:45	chicubs	honda
13:55	elmhurst	chicubs
14:05	cleveland	elmhurst
14:15	fhi	cleveland

• Sprint 3 Demo
• Sprint retro (with Megan)
• Sprint planning

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Sprint 4

23. Mon, Apr 14

• Sprint planning

24. Wed, Apr 16

• Projects

Homework

• Submit Final paper, 2nd draft by Friday, 5 pm

25. Mon, Apr 21

• Projects
• Draft feedback

26. Wed, Apr 23

• Projects

27. Mon, Apr 28

• Projects

28. Wed, Apr 30

• Lightning talks (6 minutes, 3 slides)
• Course feedback questionnaire

Homework

• Final paper due
• Ethics essay due
• Final reflection due
• All work due by May 9, 3 pm