# In-House Final Projects :tada: --- ### What are the In-House Final Projects? :face_with_monocle: - No prescribed tech-stack - Ideas generated by the cohort - Should be a solution to a specific problem - An opportunity to learn new technologies --- ### Schedule :clock10: - 1 week of design - 2 weeks of build, split into two sprints --- - Each build sprint will be (up to) 4 days of coding. - On Fridays: the usual SGCs, presentations and speaker. Additionally, Fridays will involve sprint review and sprint planning for the next week of build. :nerd_face: --- ## Project Ideas :bulb: You should start thinking about project ideas *now*. - What problem could a tech solution solve? - What technologies do you want to explore? :link: [Past projects](https://fac21.github.io/projects-gallery/) --- ## Design Week :art: --- 1. Discover :mag_right: 2. Define :pencil: 3. Prototype :bike: 4. Test :eyeglasses: --- ### Discover :mag_right: - One facilitated Discovery Workshop - Understanding the problem - Understanding the users - Conducting **user research** in pairs --- ### Define :pencil: - One facilitated Definition Workshop - Synthesising research - Mapping the user journey - Sketching and basic wireframes --- ### Prototype :bike: - Detailed wireframing using Figma. - Aim: an interactive digital prototype, suitable for testing with. <img src="https://i.imgur.com/xGGCxpj.png" style="width: 120px;"> --- ### Test :eyeglasses: - Usability testing: - With Figma prototype --- **Two** sessions that users are needed for: Monday 2-4pm: user research - interview questions Thursday 10am-12pm: usability testing - with Figma prototype --- ### Also on the agenda... :spiral_calendar_pad: - Tech spikes - in your roles - Sprint planning - including your estimated velocity for each sprint and user stories - Building! :building_construction: --- ### Mentors :mortar_board: - Project mentors: 1 per team - Role mentors: 1 per role - QA - DevOps - Scrum Facilitator - UX/UI --- ## To Do: 1. Contribute project ideas to the final-project-ideas repo. :heavy_check_mark: 2. Choose a project idea in your team. :heavy_check_mark: 3. Secure users to test with for two sessions: fill in the [users form](https://airtable.com/shre1rs2Z99zzXtA5). :heavy_check_mark: