Finished course curriculum
by Yev RachkovanHow to create an IT product with a team of newbies?
It's a question that I tried to answer in my curriculum. I decided that it doesn't make sense to concentrate on some specific technology but create a course that helps the team start from scratch and in the end get a ready product and resume.
The cohort contains about 50 people or 10 teams. Each team has a captain that is the team leader and responsible for reporting and team success.
As this is a cohort-based course the curriculum is oriented on interaction with other cohort members and working in a team.
The curriculum contains 8 weeks and looks like this:
Week 1: Business (17 sustainable goals, goal setting, business model canvas) - find an idea to work on
Week 2: Project management (Agile practices, user stories, mockups) - plan your project
Week 3: Self-education (Working with a mentor, IT, learning road-maps) - learning technologies
Week 4: Solo development (Sprints, Daily standups, retro) - build product
Week 5: Project planning (Teamwork, code reviews) - plan team project
Week 6: Team project (Knowledge sharing) - build team project
Week 7: Collaboration (Handle conflicts) - build team project
Week 8: Portfolio (LinkedIn, Pitch deck) - create a resume
Each week contains about 10 assignments that have to be done in writing form and will be reviewed by mentors.
There are 6 different assignment types:
- Read and write a summary
- Open question
- Discuss with peers
- Discuss with mentors
- Full profile
- Weekly report
Each week whole cohort has an online meeting where mentors share their experience about the topic of the week and answer questions.
At the end of course there is a Pitch day where all teams present their project to a batch of companies representatives and investors.
The price for the whole program will be 50$.
Our next step - prepare technical assignments for people that would like to join the course, so that they can make sure they are able to pass it.
