Schedule: ESOF 423
Syllabus
Software Engineering Applications, Fall 2026
Lecture Time: Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 10:00 a.m.
Lecture Location: Gianforte Hall Room 210
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Week
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Date
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Activity
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Individual Assignment
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Team Assignment
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1 |
— W Aug 26 F Aug 28 |
— Course launch and overview Team and project setup |
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2 |
M Aug 31 W Sep 2 F Sep 4 |
Agile workflow Agile artifacts Project discussions |
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Define Team Projects |
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3 Sprint 1 |
M Sep 7 W Sep 9 F Sep 11 |
Labor Day — No Class Sprint 1 kickoff Quiz and Scrum lab |
Agile quiz |
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4 |
M Sep 14 W Sep 16 F Sep 18 |
Product releases and demos Scrum lab Zero Feature Release demos |
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ZFR Demo, Agile Artifacts |
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5 Sprint 2 |
M Sep 21 W Sep 23 F Sep 25 |
Git and GitHub Sprint 2 kickoff Scrum lab |
Git exercise |
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6 |
M Sep 28 W Sep 30 F Oct 2 |
Continuous integration Scrum lab Alpha Release demos |
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Alpha demo, CI Activity |
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7 Sprint 3 |
M Oct 5 W Oct 7 F Oct 9 |
User and Developer Documentation Sprint 3 kickoff Scrum lab |
Early Retrospective |
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8 |
M Oct 12 W Oct 14 F Oct 16 |
Round table: AI in Sofware Dev. Scrum lab Beta Release demos |
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Beta demo, Docs |
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9 Sprint 4 |
M Oct 19 W Oct 21 F Oct 23 |
GUI testing Sprint 4 kickoff Scrum lab |
Playwright Exercise |
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10 |
M Oct 26 W Oct 28 F Oct 30 |
Cross-team product feedback Scrum lab Feature Complete demos |
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FCR Demo, Portfolio Draft |
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11 Sprint 5 |
M Nov 2 W Nov 4 F Nov 6 |
In-class user testing Sprint 5 kickoff Scrum lab |
User Testing |
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12 |
M Nov 9 W Nov 11 F Nov 13 |
Scrum lab Veterans Day — No Class Release Candidate demos |
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RC Demo, Final Artifacts |
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13 Sprint 6 |
M Nov 16 W Nov 18 F Nov 20 |
Final-release logistics Sprint 6 kickoff Scrum lab |
Post Mortem |
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14 |
M Nov 23 W Nov 25 F Nov 27 |
Fall Break — No Classes Fall Break — No Classes Fall Break — No Classes |
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15 |
M Nov 30 W Dec 2 F Dec 4 |
Finalize repository and artifacts Finalize portfolio Production-readiness review |
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Production Readiness |
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16 Presentations |
M Dec 7 W Dec 9 F Dec 11 |
Final presentations Final presentations Final presentations |
Attendance Attendance Attendance |
Presentations |
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Finals Week |
Dec |
No final exam. The exam period is reserved for presentation overflow if needed. |
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Demo Video, Portfolio |