Editing Software Engineering (Fall 2025) (section)

=== September 30 (Tuesday): Organizing Patterns: Agile, Waterfall, and All That ===


'''Before Class:'''
* Read [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1838606/files/folder/Week%202?preview=138811632 Reading Note 1] <-- cold call questions are in here!
* Watch the lecture video [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1838606/files/folder/Week%202?preview=139294193 Organizing Patterns: Agile, Waterfall, and All That] [54min]
* Read [https://www.agilealliance.org/agile101/the-agile-manifesto/| the Agile Manifesto] and [https://www.agilealliance.org/agile101/12-principles-behind-the-agile-manifesto/| the 12 Principles].
* Read [https://orbiscascade-washington.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01ALLIANCE_UW/1juclfo/alma99162156685801452| Chapter 1 from The Mythical Man Month]
<!-- * Watch the quick how-to guide to reading research papers
* Read the case study on Mjølner Informatics: John Stouby Persson, Anders Bruun, Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir, Peter Axel Nielsen,
Agile software development and UX design: A case study of integration by mutual adjustment,
Information and Software Technology, Volume 152, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2022.107059.
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950584922001690) -->

'''In-class Goals'''
* Class Discussion (see reading note)
* Group Discussion - Scenario matching (see reading note)
* Groups assigned and announced.
* Your first sprint planning meeting!

'''In-class Materials'''
* [https://uw.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=a9b51889-60d1-46c3-b0d5-b36801735d6e Panopto Recording]
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1838606/files/folder/Week%202?preview=139391172 Class Slides]
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1838606/files/folder/Week%202?preview=140271878 Miro Discussion Boards]

'''Optional Materials'''
* ''Interested in even more specifics about Agile and the methodology?'' IBM offers a Coursera Course on this topic called '''Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum'''.
* We'll be reading parts of Frederick P. Brooks' book ''Mythical Man-Month'' -- you might be curious to read his pre-Agile take on the need for a prototyping approach in software engineering in [https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/mythical-man-month-the/0201835959/ch11.xhtml Chapter 11] titled 'Plan to Throw One Away' -- the source of his widely-quoted maxim "Plan to throw one away; you will, anyhow."
* ''Interested in Conway's Law?'' [https://martinfowler.com/bliki/ConwaysLaw.html| Check out this blog post from Martin Fowler]