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Carnegie Mellon University · 18-652

Foundation of Software Engineering

Six Scrum iterations building a social network app — each iteration deepening one pillar of professional software engineering practice.

Teamwork & Technology

SCRUM SPRINT CYCLEProductBacklogSprint Planning🃏 Planning Poker2-WeekSprintDaily standupsReview +RetroKANBAN BOARDTo DoIn ProgressIn ReviewDone
  • Established team roles and workflow by combining Scrum sprints with a Kanban board — used Planning Poker for estimation and velocity tracking across all 6 iterations
  • Set up the full MERN stack development environment, Git/GitHub workflows, and project scaffolding including CI pipeline configuration
  • Defined communication protocols: REST for CRUD operations and WebSocket (Socket.io) for real-time features — grounded in HTTP vs WebSocket tradeoff analysis
ScrumKanbanPlanning PokerGitGitHubMERN StackWebSocketREST