Welcome to the Wiki for EECS 441 Winter 2021.

Professor: Elliot Soloway - soloway441@gmail.com

GSI : Renzhong Lu - lurz@umich.edu 

1. To edit this wiki, just click the edit button at the top of any page.  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: 441winter2021 Syllabus V6.pdf
• Class Schedule: 441WINTER2021 - Class Schedule v12.pdf
• ZOOM LINK: https://tinyurl.com/vusevss
• Piazza URL:  
• Section 1: piazza.com/umich/winter2021/eecs441wn2021section1
• Section 2: piazza.com/umich/winter2021/eecs441wn2021section2
• Miro Board: 
• section 1: https://tinyurl.com/yxartay3
• section 2: https://tinyurl.com/y37p95cj 
• Upload your Team Presentation/Company Presentations
• section 1: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1HQPv2ZCRc6eLNAtwDTBMT0XHuUBiz4Rl 
• section 2: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/17IsIYIqAEDSxHxbRswKCMktrJszkDwuv 

Team Numbers and Emails

Section 1

Section 2

Assignments:

• Idea Pitch Assignment: 441winter2021 Your App Idea - Pitch.docx
• Assignment #0: 441winter2021 Project Analysis #0.pdf
• Form Your Project Group  Please fill out this form - see info in document below
• Immediately Upon Forming Your Team: 441winter2021 IMMEDIATELY Upon Forming Your Team.pdf  
• Assignment #1:441winter2021 Design Preso #1.pdf
• Helping File:441winter2021 Project Weekly Goals.xlsx
• FRIDAY Jan 29 IN-Class Assignment:441winter2021 Friday Jan 29 - Prepare for Preso #1 - Flesh out One Sentence Pitch.pdf
• Assignment #2:441winter2021 preso #2 who is your customer + MVP1.pdf 
• Assignment #3:Preso #3 441winter2021 MVP1 Live Demo Assignment.pdf
• Assignment #4:Preso #4 441winter2021 + comments 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 441winter2021 MVP2 + data presentation.pdf
• Helping file: MVP2 Summary User Testing Chart.xlsx
• Helping file: MVP2 Individual User Testing Chart.xlsx  
• Company Analysis Presentation Template: 441winter2021 Company Analysis Preso TEMPLATE.pdf  

Readings:

Due on 1/25:

• https://tinyurl.com/y6t65fg3
• https://tinyurl.com/y4x6nrum
• https://tinyurl.com/y2ha2mfc

Due on 2/1:

• 1 How to create a persona TOTAL.pdf  
• 2 Defining-customer-personas.pdf

Due on 2/5: MVP Readings

• 1 MVP video by Steve Blank v2.pdf  
• 2 How to set up a Minimum Viable Product.pdf
• 3 medium.freecodecamp.org-What does Minimum Viable Product actually meannbspanyway.pdf
• OPTIONAL medium.com-Struggling With Your MVPHeres How to Build It Right innbsp2018.pdf
• OPTIONAL: https://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2015/04/01/the-single-worst-marketing-decision-you-can-make/

Due on 2/8: 

• innovators_dilemma chapter one (5).pdf
• Two Important Lessons About Digital Transformation From Outside Of K-12

Due on 3/1: Moore's Law (Required readings 1-4, with a video in 1)

• 1 50 Years of Morre's Law - VIdeo + Graph.pdf
• 2 NYTIMES opinion_thomas-friedman-moor.pdf
• 3 https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2020/9/moores-law-what-means-today
• 4-Samsung Files Documents to Build New 17 Billion Fab in the United States.pdf  
• the following articles add depth and breadth... but they are optional 
• Optional - AI is On Fire - Why Now.pdf
• Optional - Moore's law really is dead this time.pdf
• Optional-Samsung May Build 10B Foundry in Austin Texas.pdf  
• Optional TSMC Will Spend an Extra 10B on Chip Production in 2021.pdf  
• Optional - long but REALLY good! The future of computing beyond Moore’s Law

Due on March 3:

• http://agilemanifesto.org/  (read the 12 principles; read about the manifesto)
• https://www.agilealliance.org/agile101/ read that page; read the sidebar on the right

Due on March 10: Mythical-Man Month

• 1-Mythical Man-Month Preface +Ch 1.pdf

Due on March 19 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq3OiHQ-HCU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5QG9UeULRQ

Due on March 24

• MMM Chatpers 2 and 4.pdf

Due on  April 5 - Marc Andreessen

1 The Man Who Makes the Future_ Wired Icon 2 Marc Andreessen _ Wired Business _ (2).pdf

2 A look inside the insanely successful life of investor Marc Andreessen - Business Insider (2).pdf

Due on April 7 - Crossing the Chasm: Preface, Intro, Ch1

1. Crossing-The-Chasm Preface+Intro+Ch1.pdf

Due on April 12 - Second Machine Age

Second Machine Age Chap1+2.pdf

Due on April 14 - Richard Sheridan's "Joy Inc." (co-founder, Menlo Innovations)

Joy Inc Chapter 2.pdf

Portals: 

• Request Absence  
• Group Pages:  
• Group Pages 3:00 Section 
• Group Pages 4:30 Section   
• Company Reports: 
• Company Presentation Slides 3:00 Section
• Company Presentation Slides 4:30 Section 
• 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
•  
• Project Presentation Evaluation Form - 4:30 Section
• Company Presentation Evaluation Form - 4:30 Section 
• Team Evaluation Form - 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.