Course Overview

Welcome to Team Software Project

Course Description

In this course, you will enhance your skills for effective teamwork in software development. You'll collaborate in small teams to create web applications, integrating technical knowledge with communication and collaboration techniques from previous courses.

Your main project involves building a feature-rich web application, using modern collaboration tools, version control, and project management practices like sprint planning and reviews. You'll also rotate through different team roles, further developing leadership and emotional intelligence skills.

The course concludes with a showcase of your final project to the Kibo community and external stakeholders, demonstrating your learning and teamwork.

How the Course Works

This course is different from other courses you've taken at Kibo. You'll spend the whole term building a project with a team of other students. That doesn't mean that this course is easy! It's a lot of work to build something great together, and you should expect to spend a lot of time on this class.

The course will be based around a scaffolded team project. The course assignments will focus on the milestones you need to achieve in order to successfully complete the project and reflect on what you have learned.

  • The course starts with Team Formation. You will choose a team and a project to work on, and agree on team norms and expectations you'll follow.
  • Then, your team will start working on the project MVP. Each week, you'll meet as a team, update each other on progress and blockers, and decide what features to build next.
  • In week 5, we'll host MVP Demos, where you'll share your project MVPs with the rest of the class. You'll get feedback on your progress, and that will help shape the last few weeks of work for your team.
  • In week 9, you'll finish your projects and prepare a Final Project Presentation. Presentations will occur during the week 10

Meetings

This course will consist of:

  • The Course Kickoff, MVP Demos, and Final Project Demos, where the class will come together to start, check in, and share what teams built.
  • Weekly Team Meetings, which you will organize with your team
  • Workshops, where you will have the opportunity to learn key software and collaboration skills

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

  • Develop and deploy a web application in collaboration with a team.
  • Define and outline project objectives, scope, and execution plans.
  • Provide meaningful technical and team feedback, and respond effectively to feedback.
  • Utilize project management methodologies to organize and lead software projects, including sprint planning, code reviews, and progress tracking.
  • Present software projects effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Instructor

Please contact on Discord first with questions about the course.

Live Class Time

Note: all times are shown in GMT.

  • Wednesdays, 15:30 - 17:00 GMT