CYF PD

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📅 Sprint 1

Design your product 🔗to Design your product block

You now have clarity of what your MVP will be like. The next step is designing your solution.

Launch - Prep 🔗to Launch - Prep block

The prep work for the Launch will ensure you can start your first week with all admin work organised and set up and your product briefing understood. Doing these tasks well ensures faster and more efficient delivery, so do it carefully.

Prep and plan your product 🔗to Prep and plan your product block

The goal of this first meeting is to define what you are trying to deliver as a team.

Prep Teamwork Project 🔗to Prep Teamwork Project block

During the JS3 module, trainees will work in a group on the Teamwork Project.

Prep the work for the week 🔗to Prep the work for the week block

Agree the next steps for your team

Sprint planning 🔗to Sprint planning block

Plan the upcoming week of work as a team

Teamwork Project S1 🔗to Teamwork Project S1 block

In this session, we will talk about tech teams and different tech roles.

What is the Launch module 🔗to What is the Launch module block

An exercise to ensure everyone understands the Launch module and it’s benefits, outcome and challenges.

Writing user stories 🔗to Writing user stories block

Clear user stories with defined acceptance criteria ensure we can deliver a feature efficiently and with less re-work.

📅 Sprint 2

Active listening 🔗to Active listening block

In this session you will practice active listening, so that you experience it and can use it in the future

Backlog Refinement and Planning 🔗to Backlog Refinement and Planning block

To ensure the team is all on the same page the planning and/or backlog refinement session are key.

Difficult workplace conversations 🔗to Difficult workplace conversations block

This session discusses some potential difficult conversations in the workplace and offers tips for constructive outcomes following these conversations.

Gathering requirements Prep 🔗to Gathering requirements Prep block

This is the prep work for the Teamwork Project Sprint 2 lesson.

Portfolio Module: Prep work for planning 🔗to Portfolio Module: Prep work for planning block

This is the prep for the 2nd and 4th week of the Portfolio Module.

Prep Difficult workplace conversations 🔗to Prep Difficult workplace conversations block

Handling potentially difficult conversations in the workplace.

Prep for active listening 🔗to Prep for active listening block

This is the preparation work for the exercise that will be done in the next lesson, about active listening.

Retrospective 🔗to Retrospective block

Retrospective is another important ceremony in the Agile framework. In the same way, you talk to users to gather their feedback and act on it; this is the time for your team to discuss what is going well and what isn’t.

Teamwork Project S2 🔗to Teamwork Project S2 block

This session will explore what a tech product is, who are the users of a product, and how the product meets user needs.

📅 Sprint 3

Define your product's MVP 🔗to Define your product's MVP block

Work as a team to define your product's Minimum Viable Product

Demo your product 🔗to Demo your product block

Demoing your product is something you will always have to do - and practice makes perfect.

Importance of helping each other 🔗to Importance of helping each other block

This session will identify the ways that people help each other in CYF and why CYF graduates look for jobs together when they have completed the course.

Importance of helping each other prep 🔗to Importance of helping each other prep block

This exercise is the work to be done for the next lesson, in which we will discuss the Importance of helping each other.

Prep for WIP-Work in Progress 🔗to Prep for WIP-Work in Progress block

Play an online game where you manage a development team and want to deliver as much value as possible in 4 sprints of 10 working days each.

Teamwork Project S3 🔗to Teamwork Project S3 block

This session will explore how to detail the features you listed during prep work and then create create features user stories and tasks for your product.

WIP and Feedback 🔗to WIP and Feedback block

In this session, you will play a game to explore how getting early customer feedback can improve a team’s effectiveness and discuss WIP (Work not Done).

📅 Sprint 4

Create groups for JS2 🔗to Create groups for JS2 block

Create new diverse groups for JS2

Create groups for JS3 🔗to Create groups for JS3 block

Create new diverse groups for JS3

Create groups for React 🔗to Create groups for React block

Create new diverse groups for React module

Diversity and Inclusion 🔗to Diversity and Inclusion block

This session will help to recognise systemic problems regarding diversity and inclusion and discuss how we can contribute to a more diverse and inclusive tech industry.

Prep for Diversity and Inclusion 🔗to Prep for Diversity and Inclusion block

Recognising systemic problems regarding diversity and inclusion and contributing to a more diverse and inclusive tech industry

Teamwork Project Presentation prep 🔗to Teamwork Project Presentation prep block

In the next session, you will present your product’s brief, what you have learnt and how you have worked during the Teamwork Project.

Teamwork Project S4 🔗to Teamwork Project S4 block

In this session, each team will present their product brief, learning and work during the Teamwork Project