We put a tentative syllabus here to give you an idea what future may bring. This syllabus is subject to change as the course progresses.
| # | Day | Date | Topic | Assignment | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue | Jan 21 | Course intro, how to find big idea | Form team; edX basics week -1, 0, and 1 | Junfeng Yang, William Reinisch |
| 2 | Tue | Jan 28 | Ruby, intro to BDD, TDD, SaaS | edX basics week 2 | Junfeng Yang |
| 3 | Tue | Feb 4 | Customer discovery, MVP & Lean Startup Methodology | Read Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything, complete module 1 & 2 of The Foundations Playbook | William Reinisch |
| 4 | Tue | Feb 11 | SaaS architecture, REST, Rails intro | edX basics week 3, complete module 3 of The Foundations Playbook | Junfeng Yang |
| 5 | Tue | Feb 18 | Agile methdology: working with the Customer, BDD with Cucumber and Capybara, TDD with RSpec | edX basics week 4 & week 5 | Junfeng Yang |
| 6 | Tue | Feb 25 | Advanced Rails | edX advanced week 1 | Junfeng Yang |
| 7 | Tue | Mar 3 | Refactoring & legacy | Read pages 1--27 Canvas Introduction Part I of Business Model Generation (free 72-page version), submit iteration 1 of your SaaS product by Friday 11:59pm | Junfeng Yang |
| 8 | Tue | Mar 10 | Cancelled (due to COVOID-19) | edX advanced week 2, read pages 28--43 Canvas Introduction Part II of Business Model Generation (free 72-page version) | |
| 9 | Tue | Mar 17 | No class (Spring recess) | ||
| 10 | Tue | Mar 24 | Postponed (due to COVOID-19) | ||
| 11 | Tue | Mar 31 | Project management | edX advanced week 3,read pages 44--57 Canvas Design of Business Model Generation (free 72-page version), submit iteration 2 of SaaS product by Friady 11:59pm | Junfeng Yang |
| 12 | Tue | Apr 7 | Business models and monetization, startup business development | Read pages 58--78 Canvas Strategy and Process of Business Model Generation (free 72-page version) | William Reinisch |
| 13 | Tue | Apr 14 | Design patterns for SaaS | edX advanced week 4 | Junfeng Yang |
| 14 | Tue | Apr 21 | Practical DevOps | edX advanced week 6 | Junfeng Yang |
| 15 | Tue | Apr 28 | Demo day | Present and demo your product | Teams will present, and Junfeng and William will provide feedback |