# Your First Agile Project Run one modest empirical loop from outcome sentence through backlog, WIP-limited board, review, retrospective, and reflection. Duration: 35 min Choose a real, modest piece of personal work and run one complete loop: name the outcome, create and order a small backlog, limit Doing to two items, navigate the work for about a week, and close with a review and retrospective. The 35-minute active-study estimate is a provisional setup/reflection allowance; the required application spans about one elapsed week alongside ordinary work. Pilot timing will refine this estimate. The project does not have to succeed. The learning evidence is an honest three-part reflection about what you planned, what reality changed, and what you would adapt next. Watching the briefing does not complete this work. ## fmap-m5-l3-v1 The capstone briefing and animated design draft remain under review. Playback is orientation only and never completes the capstone. Learners can use the digest and worksheet without the video. ## fmap-m5-l3-digest ### Run one loop on something real Allow about 35 minutes of active work to set up the experiment and write your reflection. Apply it across roughly one week of elapsed time; that week is separate from the course's active-study estimate. This is a provisional planning allowance awaiting learner timing evidence. Choose a project with genuine stakes and a small footprint: plan an event, organize a room, improve a portfolio, test a job-search routine, or begin a modest side project. Aim for a loop of roughly one week. Sticky notes on a wall are a complete implementation. 1. **Write one outcome sentence — Module 3, Lesson 1.** Describe a change in the world, not a task list. Treat every backlog item as a hypothesis about causing it. 2. **Draft and order six to ten story-form items — Module 3, Lessons 2 and 3.** Name a user, need, and reason. If “so that” merely repeats the item, cut or rewrite it. Choose a clear top item and an honest Won't for now. 3. **Build a three-column board — Module 4, Lesson 2.** Use To Do, Doing, and Done. Limit Doing to **two** items. The tight limit is deliberate: finish before opening more work. 4. **Navigate daily — Module 2, Lesson 3.** In about ninety seconds, record what moved, what is next, and what is blocked. This is navigation, not a performance ritual. 5. **Close the loop — Module 4, Lesson 4.** Review the outcome against reality, then use Start, Stop, Continue and choose one experiment for the next loop. Capstone success is not a perfect project. The learning evidence is your reflection: what you planned, what surprised you, and what you will change next. A week that goes sideways can produce excellent evidence if the reflection is honest. ## fmap-m5-l3-d1 ### Capstone worksheet Print this page, copy it into a private document, or recreate it with sticky notes. The worked example is a birthday party; the blank prompts are yours. #### 1. Project and outcome — M3 L1 **Worked example:** Dad's 60th birthday party. **Outcome:** “The party happens on the 14th, Dad is delighted, and I'm not exhausted on the day.” **My project:** ________________________________________________ **My outcome sentence:** ______________________________________ Write a change in the world, not a list of tasks. Everything below is a hypothesis about causing it. #### 2. Ordered backlog — M3 L2 and M3 L3 Write six to ten items. Use “As a … I want … so that …” when it clarifies the user and value. Add Must, Should, Could, or Won't for this loop. If “so that” restates the item, rewrite or remove it. **Worked-example items:** confirm a date the family can attend — Must; agree the guest list — Must; reserve an accessible venue — Must; collect dietary needs — Must; choose food — Should; prepare a short photo display — Could; hire a professional photographer — Won't this time. | Order | Story or item | Must / Should / Could / Won't | Why this position? | | ----: | ------------- | ----------------------------- | ------------------ | | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 4 | | | | | 5 | | | | | 6 | | | | | 7 | | | | | 8 | | | | | 9 | | | | | 10 | | | | #### 3. Board — M4 L2 Move each item across the three states. **Doing has a WIP limit of two.** Two may feel too tight; that is the lesson working. | To Do | Doing — WIP ≤ 2 | Done | | ----- | --------------- | ---- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | #### 4. Seven-day navigation log — M2 L3 Spend about ninety honest seconds per day. Record only what helps the next decision. | Day | What moved? | What is next? | What is blocked? | | --: | ----------- | ------------- | ---------------- | | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 4 | | | | | 5 | | | | | 6 | | | | | 7 | | | | #### 5. Review and retrospective — M4 L4 **Review:** Hold the outcome sentence against the week. What did reality teach you about the plan? --- **Start:** ______________________________________________________ **Stop:** _______________________________________________________ **Continue:** ___________________________________________________ **One experiment for the next loop:** ___________________________ **Owner:** me · **Review date:** _________________________________ #### 6. Three-part reflection 1. What did you plan, in one sentence? 2. What surprised you when reality met the plan? 3. What will you change in your next loop? Use the private reflection activity to save all three answers. Saving the reflection completes the capstone practice requirement; it does not judge the project result. Your response text stays in this browser and is not sent to analytics, completion, or certificate systems. Any certificate is course-level, separate from this project, and subject to accountable approval and release controls. The project itself is never certified or graded. ## fmap-m5-l3-i1 This is ungraded reflection, not a rubric assessment. Save only when all three prompts have at least one sentence. The technical text limit protects browser-local storage; it is not a measure of quality. The response remains private in this browser. Saving records the local practice interaction so the learner may explicitly mark the lesson complete; the text itself is not transmitted or used as certificate evidence. Watching the video cannot satisfy this practice requirement.