17-356 Software Engineering for Startups¶
This Week¶
Lectures & Readings
Structure of a Startup
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Tue March 11
Team Roles
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Thu March 13
Recitation
Team Work Session
Office Hours
Professor office hours held at their offices. See class calendar below for exact times!
Jacqueline's office hours will be held Tuesdays 4-5pm.
Aditya's office hours will be held Wednesdays 4-5pm.
Current Assignment
P2: Project Milestone 1
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Tues March 25 @ 11:59pm
Upcoming Assignments
P3: Project Milestone 2
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Released
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Tues April 8 @ 11:59pm
Important Links¶
Office Hours Calendar¶
Weekly Schedule¶
| Date | Lecture | Reading | Recitation | Homework Deadline |
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| Mon Jan 13 |
User Discovery
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HW 0: Skills Survey
January 21, 2025, 11:59pm descriptionInstructions |
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| Tue Jan 14 | Course Introduction | The Mom Test (chapters 1, 2, 3, 6) |
HW1: User Discovery
January 21, 2025, 11:59pm descriptionInstructions |
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| Wed Jan 15 | ||||
| Thu Jan 16 | Product Ideation and Discovery | |||
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| Mon Jan 20 |
Viability Analysis
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| Tue Jan 21 | Minimal Viable Product (MVP) |
HW2: MVP Creation
January 28, 2025 descriptionInstructions |
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| Wed Jan 22 | ||||
| Thu Jan 23 | Evaluating Viability | |||
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| Mon Jan 27 |
Node Web Apps
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| Tue Jan 28 | MVP Presentations |
P0: Team Contracts
February 4, 2025 descriptionInstructions |
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| Wed Jan 29 | ||||
| Thu Jan 30 | Team Forming and Norming | |||
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| Mon Feb 03 |
GitHub
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| Tue Feb 04 | Coding as a Team Part 1 |
HW3: GitHub Basics
February 11, 2025 descriptionInstructions |
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| Thu Feb 06 | Coding as a Team Part 2 |
P1: Project Specification
February 27, 2025 descriptionInstructions |
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| Fri Feb 07 | ||||
| Mon Feb 10 |
Unit testing
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| Tue Feb 11 | Code Review |
HW4: Testing
February 18, 2025 descriptionInstructions |
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| Thu Feb 13 | Testing | |||
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| Mon Feb 17 |
App Deployment
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| Tue Feb 18 | CloudOps |
HW5: DevOps
February 25, 2025 descriptionInstructions |
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| Wed Feb 19 | ||||
| Thu Feb 20 | Monitoring Services | |||
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| Mon Feb 24 |
P1 Presentations
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| Tue Feb 25 | Technical Debt |
P2: Project Milestone 1
March 25, 2025 descriptionInstructions |
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| Thu Feb 27 | Security | |||
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| Mon Mar 03 | ||||
| Tue Mar 04 | Spring Break - NO CLASS | |||
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| Thu Mar 06 | Spring Break - NO CLASS | |||
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| Mon Mar 10 |
Team Work Session
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| Tue Mar 11 | Structure of a Startup | |||
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| Thu Mar 13 | Team Roles | |||
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| Mon Mar 17 |
Team Work Session
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| Tue Mar 18 | Pitching | |||
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| Thu Mar 20 | Guest Lecture: Startup Funding. CMU Prof. Riad Wahby (Co-Founder and CEO: Cubist) |
P3: Project Milestone 2
April 8, 2025 descriptionInstructions |
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| Fri Mar 21 | ||||
| Mon Mar 24 |
Milestone 1 Presentations
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| Tue Mar 25 | Joining a Startup | |||
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| Thu Mar 27 | Pivoting | |||
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| Mon Mar 31 |
Team Work Session
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| Tue Apr 01 | AI Startups | |||
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| Thu Apr 03 | Spring Carnival - NO CLASS | |||
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| Mon Apr 07 |
Milestone 2 Presentations
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| Tue Apr 08 | Guest Lecture - Matt Welsh (Head of AI Systems at Palantir) |
P4: Project Milestone 3
April 24, 2025 |
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| Thu Apr 10 | Guest Lecture - Prof. Austin Henley (formerly CTO of BYBE, Inc.) | |||
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| Tue Apr 15 | Mock Pitches - Demos | |||
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| Thu Apr 17 | Ethics |
P5: Final Product Pitches
May 5, 2025 |
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| Fri Apr 18 | ||||
| Mon Apr 21 |
Milestone 3 Presentations
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| Tue Apr 22 | A/B Testing | |||
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| Thu Apr 24 | Final Class - Summary | |||
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| Mon May 05 | Likely Day for Final Presentations | |||
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| Wed May 07 | Grades Due to CMU | |||
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