Due Dates
Due dates for specific items are detailed below. Due dates for other items may vary from team to team. It is the team's responsibility to set and meet due dates for their deliverables each quarter. Items are due 11pm the day before the team meets with its advisor. For example, if a team meets with its advisor at noon on Tuesdays, the project proposal is due 11pm, Monday of week 2.
Fall Quarter
Note: Each team must set the due date for the technology report and indicate this in the week 3 status report. Each team may have additional deliverables (depending on the project). Due dates for these should be specified in their week 3 status report as well.
Weeks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
Note: the week number associated with the status report should match the week of the quarter in which it was submitted. For example, the week 2 status report is due prior to the meeting with your advisor in week 2 and should discuss the progress made by each team member in the previous seven calendar days.
Week 2
- Project Proposal (final draft)
- Draft of PBIs anticipated in the first sprint
Week 3
- Definition of Done
- SO3-5 Assessment (Pitch)
- SO1-4 Assessment (Constraints)
- SO7-3 Assessment (Missing Skills)
- Sprint 1 Plan (both wiki page and PBIs with issues complete with estimated tasks)
Week 6
A portion of the advisor meeting this week will be dedicated to a sprint review where the team will demonstrate the increment delivered at the end of the previous sprint. Another portion of this meeting will be to review the sprint 2 plan. Be sure to come to the meeting prepared to discuss your preliminary plan. Based on feedback from your product owner, there may be slight adjustments to the plan. If no adjustments are made, no additional planning should be needed.
- Updated Sprint 1 Plan wiki page updated with results
- Sprint 1 Retrospective
- Sprint 2 Plan (both wiki page and PBIs with issues complete with estimated tasks)
Week 7
- Draft of reflections on how your team has addressed each of the Software Engineering Team Components
Week 8
Week 9
- Draft of Presentation
- Updated Sprint 2 Plan wiki page updated with results
- Sprint 2 Retrospective
- Sprint 3 Plan (both wiki page and PBIs with issues complete with estimated tasks)
Friday of week 10
The presentation will serve as the sprint review for this sprint. Additional communication with your product owner to get feedback on your sprint 3 plan may need to be arranged.
- Presentation
- Peer Evaluation
- Updated relections on the Software Engineering Team Components
- In addition, all items due for the quarter have a hard deadline of 11pm Friday of week 10.
Note: Sprint 3 starts the day after sprint 2 ends. The remainder of week 10, finals week, and break week will all be part of the first week of sprint 3 which will end at 11pm the day prior to your winter week 1 advisor meeting. Based on the experience of prior senior design teams, it is suggested that students use the remainder of week 10 and finals week to complete the first third of sprint 3.
Winter Quarter
Note: The due dates for a number of deliverables must be determined by each team and included in the week 2 status report. These will include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Documented software architecture
- Test plans/results and software quality assurance
Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
- Status Reports (due 11pm prior to meeting with advisor in all but the last week of the quarter).
Week 2
- Plan for SO7-4 Assessment (Knowledge Acquisition) (see week 7)
- Plan for SO6-3 Assessment (Usability Experiments) (see week 8)
Week 3
The meeting will focus on the sprint 3 review and sprint 4 planning.
- Updated Sprint 3 Plan wiki page updated with results
- Sprint 3 Retrospective
- Sprint 4 Plan (both wiki page and PBIs with issues complete with estimated tasks)
Week 5
Week 6
The meeting will focus on the sprint 4 review and sprint 5 planning.
- Draft of Student Projects Show Abstract
- Updated Sprint 4 Plan wiki page updated with results
- Sprint 4 Retrospective
- Sprint 5 Plan (both wiki page and PBIs with issues complete with estimated tasks)
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
The meeting will focus on the sprint 5 review and sprint 6 planning.
- Draft of Presentation
- Updated Sprint 5 Plan wiki page updated with results
- Sprint 5 Retrospective
- Sprint 6 Plan (both wiki page and PBIs with issues complete with estimated tasks)
The end of the first week of sprint 6 is the day prior to the spring week 1 meeting with your advisor. You are highly encouraged to complete work associated with the first third of the sprint prior to leaving for break.
Friday of week 10
- Presentation
- Updates to team reflections on how you have addressed each of the software engineering elements (Requirements, Software Architecture and Modeling, Design, Testing, Tools, Experimentation and Prototyping, Third Party Components, and Documentation)
- In addition, all items due for the quarter have a hard deadline of 11pm Friday of week 10.
Spring Quarter
Teams may choose to propose an alternative development process for the spring quarter. If approved, the due dates described below may not apply.
Note: The due dates for a number of deliverables must be determined by each team and included in the week 2 status report. These will include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Completed software/hardware
- User and installation manuals
In addition, each team will participate in the IEEE Milwaukee Section Larry Hause Student Poster Competition. This typically takes place a Thursday night in week 6, 7, or 8.
Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
- Status Reports (due 11pm prior to meeting with advisor in all but the last week of the quarter).
Week 2
Begin planning for OWASP ASVS analysis (see week 4)
Week 3
The meeting will focus on the sprint 6 review and sprint 7 planning.
- Updated Sprint 6 Plan wiki page updated with results
- Sprint 6 Retrospective
- Sprint 7 Plan (both wiki page and PBIs with issues complete with estimated tasks)
Week 4
Week 5
- Draft of Project Poster
Week 6
The meeting will focus on the sprint 7 review and sprint 8 planning.
- Final Version of Project Poster (due date may be moved earlier if the IEEE competition is scheduled earlier)
- Updated Sprint 7 Plan wiki page updated with results
- Sprint 7 Retrospective
- Sprint 8 Plan (both wiki page and PBIs with issues complete with estimated tasks)
Week 8
Week 9
The meeting will focus on the sprint 8 review.
- Updated Sprint 8 Plan wiki page updated with results
- Sprint 8 Retrospective
Week 10 (due Friday 11pm)
- Friday: Final Project Report
- Friday: Peer Evaluation
- Updates to team reflections on how you have addressed each of the software engineering elements (Requirements, Software Architecture and Modeling, Design, Testing, Tools, Experimentation and Prototyping, Third Party Components, and Documentation)
Week 11
- Student Projects Show (10:30am-2:30pm Friday of finals week)