Junior Projects Schedule

Day In-Class Activity Assignments
Monday 7/1 Problem-First Thinking Fill out: bit.ly/2J4CCiN
Due 7/2
Tuesday 7/2 What is an Elevator Pitch? Elevator Pitches!
  • Choose 2 company ideas
  • Do the Business Analysis Activity for both ideas, as a group (Submit before Wednesday at 5pm for feedback)
  • Taking the feedback into account, revise the answers to the Business Analysis Activity for both ideas, as a group (Submit by Friday at 5pm)
  • Write an Elevator Pitch for each idea (Submit by Sunday at 5pm)
Thursday 7/4 No Class
Monday 7/8 Practice elevator pitches in class Each team will nominate two members to present their elevator pitches to the class, and those two members should be ready to present.
Tuesday 7/9 Two members from each team will present an elevator pitch to the class. The class will be able to ask questions and provide feedback Each team should fill out this form -- once per team.
Due on 7/11 at 1:15pm
Thursday 7/11 Design and Product Development Optional reading on customer research here

Customer Research Assignment
Due 7/15 at 1:15pm
Monday 7/15 Affinity Diagrams
  • What is an affinity diagram and how do they help you learn about your assumptions
  • Begin work on affinity diagrams
 Affinity Diagram Assignment
By Thursday 7/18 at 1:15pm
Tuesday 7/16 Working Session See above ^
Thursday 7/18 Groups Present Affinity Diagram Assignment

Wireframes
  • What is a wireframe and how do you test with it?
  • Begin working on wireframes
  • Choose your idea
  • Create paper or digital wireframes
    by Monday 7/22
Monday 7/22 Test wireframes on classmates Iterate on wireframe designs and conduct research on 15 potential customers
Due by Thursday 7/25
Tuesday 7/23
Thursday 7/25
  • Introduce technical design documents
  • Working session
Create Technical Design Documents
Due Monday 7/29
Monday 7/29 Begin Working on Product!
Tuesday 7/30
Thursday 8/1
Monday 8/5
Tuesday 8/6
Thursday 8/8
Thursday 8/9 PROJECT SHOWCASE