Schedule

Every lecture, lab and assessment due date in one place, in the order they actually happen.

One timetable for the semester: when each lecture is taught, when each lab runs, and when each assessment (including the twelve labs as a set) is due. Dates follow the real ANU Semester 1 2027 calendar, including the two-week mid-semester teaching break between weeks 6 and 7.

DateWeekTypeItem
22 February 20271LectureDone Enough to Demo, Nowhere Near Shipped
22 February 20271LabDemo vs. Skeptical PM
26 February 20271Assessment dueLab — Week 1 · part of Labs, 20% total
1 March 20272LectureThe Last Customer Costs More Than All the Others Combined
1 March 20272LabThe Marginal Cost of the Last Customer
5 March 20272Assessment dueLab — Week 2 · part of Labs, 20% total
8 March 20273LectureAll But the Dissertation
8 March 20273LabThe Week the Dissertation Stalled
12 March 20273Assessment dueLab — Week 3 · part of Labs, 20% total
15 March 20274LectureThe Bathroom Is the Real Menu
15 March 20274LabThe Back-of-House Zine
19 March 20274Assessment dueLab — Week 4 · part of Labs, 20% total
22 March 20275LectureThe Filing You Didn't Make Is the Only One That Matters
22 March 20275LabPitch the Docketing Redesign
26 March 20275Assessment dueLab — Week 5 · part of Labs, 20% total
29 March 20276LectureShip It, Then Pay the Hundred-x
29 March 20276LabCost of Quality, by Catch Point
2 April 20276Assessment dueLab — Week 6 · part of Labs, 20% total
2 April 20276Assessment dueAssignment 1 · 30%
5 April 2027—BreakMid-semester teaching break (5–18 April)
19 April 20277LectureThe Handover Slide Deck Is Not the Handover
19 April 20277LabThe Handover That Isn't
23 April 20277Assessment dueLab — Week 7 · part of Labs, 20% total
26 April 20278LectureThe Round You Need Is the Round You Just Missed
26 April 20278LabThe Round That Keeps Moving
30 April 20278Assessment dueLab — Week 8 · part of Labs, 20% total
3 May 20279LectureNinety-Eight Percent Done Is a Different Building Than One Hundred
3 May 20279LabSign-Off Risk, by Phase
7 May 20279Assessment dueLab — Week 9 · part of Labs, 20% total
10 May 202710LectureFinal Approach Is Five Percent of the Flight and Half the Risk
10 May 202710LabThe Final Approach Safety Briefing
14 May 202710Assessment dueLab — Week 10 · part of Labs, 20% total
17 May 202711LectureThe Feature That Finishes Itself Into Irrelevance
17 May 202711LabShould a Maintainer Always Keep Polishing?
21 May 202711Assessment dueLab — Week 11 · part of Labs, 20% total
24 May 202712LectureWhich Last Mile Have You Actually Hit
24 May 202712LabSixty Seconds, One Domain
28 May 202712Assessment dueLab — Week 12 · part of Labs, 20% total
28 May 202712Assessment dueFinal project · 50%