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CS Capstone Handbook

Schedule

Fall has a week 0 because the term starts midweek; winter and spring start at week 1. Sprints run two weeks in every term, and their numbers continue from one term to the next. A label beside each group of weeks names its sprint, or Term Start and Project Handoff for the weeks before the year’s first sprint and after its last.

The assignment pages say what is due and how it is scored; this page lays them out in time. A tag on each item due names who submits it: your team; you individually; your project partner, whose evaluation of the team closes that week; or an instructor, whose comments on your RFC draft come back that week. Read points at the guides that help that week. Optional points at activities from the practice library. Each week’s In class line says whether the class meets. Check announcements for each session’s slides and for any change to a session.

Weeks marked TA check-in carry your team’s check-in, at a time your team and your TA agree; in a sprint-note week it includes the sprint demo.

Fall (CS 461)

Section titled “Fall (CS 461)”

3 credits. Discover, specify, walking skeleton.

Term Start

Week 0

Section titled “Week 0”

Due

Week 1

Section titled “Week 1”

Due

Week 2

Section titled “Week 2”
TA check-in

Due

Sprint 1

Week 3

Section titled “Week 3”

Due

Week 4

Section titled “Week 4”
TA check-in

Due

Sprint 2

Week 5

Section titled “Week 5”

Due

  • In class: Demo day 1 if a team registered for it; otherwise no class session

Week 6

Section titled “Week 6”
TA check-in

Due

Sprint 3

Week 7

Section titled “Week 7”

Due

Week 8

Section titled “Week 8”
TA check-in

Due

Sprint 4

Week 9

Section titled “Week 9”

Due

  • In class: no class session; use the time to work with your team

Week 10

Section titled “Week 10”
TA check-in

Due

  • In class: Demo day 2 if a team registered for it; otherwise no class session