Software Development Class- Session 1

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SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT:SESSION 1GETTING STARTED

Alex Cowan

ALEX COWAN | alexandercowan.com | @cowanSF


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ABOUT ME

Entrepreneur (5x)Intrapreneur (1x)



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alexandercowan.com

ABOUT ME



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YOUR HAPPY PLACE

(you)

… …



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IS IT THE IDEA?



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THE ANSWER IS GRINDING IT OUT



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YOU, THE PRODUCT MANAGER (OR DIGITAL MANAGER AT LARGE)

Source: Martin Eriksson

UX

Tech Business


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YOU & YOUR CUSTOMERDesignWho is our customer and what are they

experiencing?

How do we build a better experience?

DevelopmentHow do we engineer the right

infrastructure to deliver our target experiences?

Project ManagementHow does our team work together

against our objectives?

Data ScienceWhat can we infer against

questions of interest?

How do we act on the results?

Consulting & SupportHow do we enhance thecustomer’s experience?

Sales & MarketingHow do we best promote

our proposition?

Finance & LegalHow is the business performing?

Where are the landmines?

Management

How is this product doingrelative to our strategy?



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GETTING STARTED: 6 QUESTIONS

1. What are we going to learn?

2. How does it relate to the ‘Software Design’ class?

3. What kind of assignments will we do?4. Where do we do the assignments?

5. How do we get help?

6. What about grading?



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1. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO LEARN?

1. Build functioning web applications using HTML, CSS, and Javascript

2. Focus coding tasks on valuable outcomes with user stories and prototypes

3. Evaluate alternative approaches to software implementations

4. Participate in an interdisciplinary team building an application

5. Work Through through technical issues with analytical debugging techniques



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2. HOW DOES IT RELATE TO THE ‘SOFTWARE DESIGN’ CLASS?

S C A L E ?

P IV O T ?

PRODUCT &

PROMOTION

USER STORIES

& PROTOTYPES

CUSTOMER

DISCOVERY &

EXPERIMENTS

VALUE

PROPOSITIONS &

ASSUMPTIONS

S H O W

M E …

?

W H A T

I F ?

Is the problemrelevant? Is theproposition bettervs alternatives?

Do we understand

this person? Whatmakes them tick?

Did theimplementationdeliver on the story?

Was the implementedstory relevant to theproposition?

How did the customer /user react?

WHO?PERSONAS

W H A T ?

PROBLEM

SCENARIOS &

ALTERNATIVES

These are your inputs tothe coding project



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4. WHERE DO WE DO THE ASSIGNMENTS?

CODEACADEMY

TUTORIAL

DESIGNCODE & TEST

Submit completion pagesfrom CodeAcademy

Submit ‘Bookmark’ fromGroup Google Doc

Submit page links from

WordPress with codecomments



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5. HOW DO WE GET HELP?

TRIAGE CHECKLIST

1. What happened? What did you expect to happen vs. what actually happened?2. What & Why? What is the current end goal that you are trying to get to? Why?

3. What did you do? What are the things that you’ve attempted in order to solve this problem?

4. What do you see as next steps? What do you see as the next steps in working through the problem?



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5. HOW DO WE GET HELP?

CLASSWe’ll dedicate parts ofclass time to assistedworking sessions.

CLASS/LAB

BIT.LY/PDARDEN

Go to for all questions,including those in lab.

PIAZZA

LAB: MON, WED, FRI @ 3PMWe’ll have lab for assistedworking sessions.

LAB



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6. WHAT ABOUT GRADING?

Attendance, Participation, Peer Reviews, & Answering

Questions: 30%

Completion of Individual Assignments: 30%

Final Team Project- Working Software: 25%Final Team Project- Portfolio Entry: 15%



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