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Phases 3–5

Phases 3, 4, and 5 are the pod-defined delivery milestones. Each phase follows the same template, differing only in its start date and in the maturity of the increment delivered. The shared template is stated once below; each phase repeats it.

Shared delivery template

Goal: Deliver the next meaningful increment of the system.

Select the next coherent increment of functionality from the pod's planned scope, implement it, integrate it with the existing system, and make it available in the deployed system for cross-team testing within your pod.

Your submission must include:

  • the URL of the deployed web service;
  • the location of the team's automated test runner and instructions sufficient to execute it;
  • the new functionality delivered in this phase;
  • automated tests for the new functionality and appropriate regression tests for existing functionality;
  • updated system models as needed; and
  • a brief description of what changed, what remains incomplete, and any known limitations.

The expectation is not simply that more code exists. The system should become meaningfully more capable while remaining deployable and testable.

The submission will update two persistent course artifacts: the class registry of deployed services and the team's project documentation. The registry entry must identify the deployed web service and automated test runner. The team documentation must be updated to reflect the system as delivered in this phase, including relevant models, interfaces, functionality, and known limitations.

Phase 3: Initial Delivery

Starts Sep 28, 2026

Apply the shared delivery template above, delivering the first coherent increment of functionality from the pod's planned scope and making it available in the deployed system for cross-team testing within your pod.

Phase 4: Intermediate Delivery

Starts Oct 19, 2026

Apply the shared delivery template above, delivering the next coherent increment of functionality from the pod's planned scope.

Phase 5: Mature Delivery

Starts Nov 9, 2026

Apply the shared delivery template above, delivering your final development increment, including appropriate automated testing and validation.