Welcome to the Wiki for EECS 441 Winter 2020.

Professor: Elliot Soloway - soloway@umich.edu

GSI : Renzhong Lu - lurz@umich.edu 

1. To edit this wiki, just click the edit button at the top of any page. The first time you go to edit the wiki you'll have to request access. Please do so sooner than later, as you'll be adding presentations and projects to this wiki so everyone can see your work, and so that the instructional staff can grade it. If you do not post your work to this wiki, it will not receive a grade. 

NOTE: the items in BLUE/BOLD are newly posted

2. Important Links:

• Syllabus: 441winter2020 Syllabus SOLOWAY.pdf
• ONLINE Class Schedule: 441WINTER2020 - ONLINE Class Schedule v5.pdf
• Company Analysis Presentation Template: 441winter2020 company analysis preso template FINAL.pdf
• Immediately Upon Forming Your Team: 441winter2020 IMMEDIATELY Upon Forming Your Team.pdf
• ZOOM LINK:  https://zoom.us/j/3652274736

Assignments:

• Idea Pitch Assignment: 441winter2020 Three Short Pitches.pdf
• Assignment #0:441winter2020 Project Analysis #0.pdf
• Assignment #1:441winter2020 Design Preso #1.pdf
• Helping File: 441winter2020 Project Weekly Goals.xlsx
• Assignment #2:441winter2020 preso #2 who is your customer + MVP1.pdf
• Examples of GOOD Personas in 441 projects:4441winter2020 Examples of Good Personas and MVPs.pdf
• Assignment #3:Preso #3 441winter2020 MVP1 Live Demo Assignment.pdf
• Assignment #4:Preso #4 441winter2020 MVP1 data presentation + MVP2.pdf
• Helping file: MVP1 User Testing Chart SUMMARY.xlsx
• Helping file:MVP1 User Testing Chart DETAIL.xlsx
• Assignment #5 Preso #5 441winter2020 MVP2 + data presentation.pdf
• Helping file:MVP2 User Testing Chart PRESO.xlsx 
• Discussion Assignment:  441winter2020 Discussion Assignment Grading Rubric.pdf

Readings:

• Jan 13
• Are mobile apps dead.pdf
• The Death Of Mobile Is Coming FORBES.pdf
• Mobile apps arent dead they are evolving.pdf
• WHY DO STARTUPS FALL.pdf  
• Jan 29
• How to create a persona TOTAL.pdf
• defining-customer-personas.pdf  
• Feb 19
• innovators_dilemma chapter one (5).pdf  
• Feb 21
• 1 50 Years of Morre's Law - VIdeo + Graph.pdf
• 2 NYTIMES opinion_thomas-friedman-moor.pdf
• 3 Transistors Could Stop Shrinking in 2021.pdf  
• Reading for Discussion, 3/25Reading1 - Crossing-The-Chasm Preface CH1 CH2x.pdf  
• Reading for Discussion, 3/28Reading 2 Crossing The Chasm LastChapter+Post.pdf  
• For reference:Crossing-The-Chasm WHOLEBOOK.pdf  
• Reading Part1: 1-Mythical Man-Month Preface +Ch 1.pdf  
• Reading Part2:Ch 4 5 6 from Brooks 1975 The Mythical Man-month-2.pdf  

Portals: 

• Request Absence 
• Piazza 
• Group Pages:  
• Group Pages 3:00 Section 
• Group Pages 4:30 Section  
• Form Your Project Group
• Evaluation Forms: (use your UMICH email)
• Project Presentation Evaluation Form - 3:00 Section
• Company Presentation Evaluation Form - 3:00 Section
• Team Evaluation Form - 3:00 Section
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• Project Presentation Evaluation Form - 4:30 Section
• Company Presentation Evaluation Form - 4:30 Section 
• Team Evaluation Form - 4:30 Section
• Company Reports: 
• Company Presentation Slides 3:00 Section 
• Company Presentation Slides 4:30 Section
• Grades
• Grades Spreadsheet 3:00 Section
• Grades Spreadsheet 4:30 Section

3. What you need to do on this Wiki (Class Rules are from the Syllabus)

• Class Rule 5: Every team will post their project info at the appropriate URL – see above. Go to that URL, click “edit” and it will say you need to request permission to edit – so, quick and request it. You will be granted permission within 24 hours. Probably.  
• Class Rule 6: Create a page for your group/app on the wiki. Link that page to the info in "Group Pages"
• Class Rule 7: Before the day of your company presentation, embed your presentation slides on the respective company presentation slides page.

Class Activities:

• Myers-Briggs Personality Test