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The Minimum Viable Product (MVP) & AI Collaboration Log

Objective 🎯

This deliverable assesses not only your working MVP code but also the intentionality of your process. You will demonstrate how your team is executing its governance plan and strategically collaborating with AI tools and prompts to build your application.

Due Date & Evaluation

  • Due: See Canvas.
  • Evaluation: This deliverable is a major component of your Group Project grade. The evaluation is structured to reward both solid, methodical improvement and the implementation of advanced capabilities.

Components of the MVP Deliverable

Your MVP submission consists of three parts, all of which must be present in your team's GitHub repository.

The Functional MVP Code

  • Requirement: Your core application code must be functional and demonstrate the primary user stories from your charter.

The MVP Retrospective

MVP_RETROSPECTIVE.md

  • Requirement: Create a new file named MVP_RETROSPECTIVE.md. In it, reflect on your process by answering:
    1. Governance in Action: How well did our team follow the collaboration protocol in our GOVERNANCE.md? What worked? What will we change?
    2. Challenges & Learnings: What was the biggest technical or conceptual challenge we faced in this phase, and how did we overcome it?

The AI Collaboration Log

AI_COLLABORATION_LOG.md

  • Requirement: Create a new file named AI_COLLABORATION_LOG.md to document your team's interaction with AI. This log must contain three sections:
    • Section 1: Tool Manifest: List the 2-3 primary AI tools your team used (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Gemini in AI Studio, Gemini CLI). For each tool, briefly describe why you used it and for what types of tasks.
    • Section 2: Application Prompts: Document the 2 most critical prompts that are used inside your application. For each, provide the full prompt text and a brief rationale for its design.
    • Section 3: Process Prompts: Provide 1-2 examples of high-impact prompts you used to help with the process of building your project (e.g., a prompt for brainstorming, summarizing research, or generating user stories).