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Milestones
| Date | Milestone | Expected Outputs |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | Challenge Selection | Top-3 preferred challenges submitted to mads4engineering@isep.ipp.pt [epsatisep@gmail.com](mailto:epsatisep@gmail.com) |
| 2026-09-25 | Business Understanding | Challenge description, stakeholder map, problem statement, objectives, success criteria |
| 2026-10-02 | User Understanding | Personas, user journeys, value proposition, initial requirements |
| 2026-10-09 | Data Understanding | Data inventory, data source assessment, data quality assessment, exploratory analysis |
| 2026-10-16 | Data Preparation | Conceptual data model, information architecture, data preparation strategy, solution concept |
| 2026-10-23 | User-Centred Solution Design | User stories, wireframes, navigation flows, low-fidelity prototype |
| 2026-10-30 | Development Planning | System architecture, product backlog, release roadmap, sprint plan, Jira link |
| 2026-11-04 | Interim Deliverables | Interim report and presentation uploaded |
| 2026-11-05 | Interim Presentation | Presentation, discussion and feedback |
| 2026-11-13 | Interim Report Revision | Refined interim report uploaded |
| 2026-11-20 | Modelling | Backend data model, data pipeline, analytics components, API specification |
| 2026-11-27 | Integrated Prototype | Functional prototype and demonstration video |
| 2026-12-04 | Evaluation | User testing, validation results, performance assessment, improvement plan |
| 2026-12-11 | Final Deliverables | Final report, presentation, poster, video, technical-scientific paper and GitHub repository containing source code, datasets, models, APIs, documentation and deployment instructions |
| 2026-12-17 | Final Presentation | Presentation, demonstration and assessment |
| 2026-12-18 | Closing Session | Demonstration of the prototype operation; hand-in of the prototype and user manual to the client; updated wiki; GitHub repository containing source code, datasets, models, APIs, documentation and deployment instructions; receive the MADS4Engineering certificate; bring typical food from your country |