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Full Project Lifecycle

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About This MicroSim

A Mermaid Gantt-style diagram showing the six-week project timeline:

Learning objective: Analyzing - the student can identify which phase of the project lifecycle is most at risk given a project's current state.

How to Use

Click any box or node in the diagram to read what it does. The explanation appears in the panel just below the diagram. Where an Animate button is present, press it to step through the sequence.

Iframe Embed Code

You can place this MicroSim on any web page by adding the following HTML:

<iframe src="https://dmccreary.github.io/moving-rainbow/sims/project-lifecycle-timeline/main.html"
        height="562px"
        width="100%"
        scrolling="no"></iframe>

Lesson Plan

Grade Level

Grades 6-12

Duration

10-15 minutes

Learning Objective

Analyzing - the student can identify which phase of the project lifecycle is most at risk given a project's current state.

Activities

  1. Explore (5 min): Open the MicroSim and try every control. Notice what changes on screen.
  2. Predict (5 min): Before each change, predict what will happen, then test your prediction.
  3. Discuss (5 min): Explain the idea in your own words and connect it to the LED code in Chapter 20.

Assessment

Ask students to describe, in one or two sentences, the relationship the MicroSim demonstrates and how it shows up when programming the LED strip.

References

  1. Chapter 20: Project Design, Capstone Projects, and Presentation - the chapter where this MicroSim is used.
  2. Moving Rainbow Intelligent Textbook - the full course this MicroSim belongs to.
  3. MicroSims Reference - the standards behind these interactive simulations.

Original Specification

Full specification used to generate this MicroSim 
Type: diagram
**sim-id:** project-lifecycle-timeline
**Library:** Mermaid
**Status:** Specified

A Mermaid Gantt-style diagram showing the six-week project timeline:

**Week 1 — Plan:**
- Project ideation
- Constraint analysis
- Proposal document

**Week 2 — Build MVP:**
- Circuit wiring
- Config.py setup
- Basic animation working

**Week 3 — Core features:**
- Button cycling
- All must-have modes
- Git commit at each milestone

**Week 4 — Enhancements:**
- Should-have features
- Battery power integration
- UX polish

**Week 5 — Verify:**
- Full testing protocol
- Peer code review
- Fix issues found

**Week 6 — Present:**
- Demo rehearsal
- Capstone presentation
- Peer feedback session

Each bar is clickable: clicking a phase opens a tooltip with the success criteria for that phase.

Canvas: 700 × 340 px. Responds to window resize.

Learning objective: Analyzing — the student can identify which phase of the project lifecycle is most at risk given a project's current state.