| Date | Milestone | Expected Outputs |
| 2026-09-18 | Challenge Selection | Choose and share your top-3 preferred data-driven challenges via email to mads4engineering@isep.ipp.pt |
| 2026-09-25 | Business Understanding | Challenge description, stakeholder map, problem statement, objectives, success criteria and project scope |
| 2026-10-02 | User Understanding | Personas, user journeys, value proposition and initial requirements |
| | Project Management | GitHub repository, Jira board, initial product backlog, release roadmap and sprint plan |
| 2026-10-09 | Data Understanding | Data inventory, data source assessment, data quality assessment and exploratory data analysis |
| 2026-10-16 | Solution Vision and Data Model | Solution vision, key functionalities, conceptual data model and information architecture |
| 2026-10-23 | UX/UI Prototype | User stories, wireframes, navigation flows and low-fidelity prototype |
| 2026-10-30 | Development Planning | System architecture |
| 2026-11-04 | Interim Deliverables | Upload the Interim Report and Presentation to the wiki (Deliverables) |
| 2026-11-05 | Interim Presentation | Presentation, discussion and peer, teacher and supervisor feedback |
| 2026-11-13 | Interim Report Revision | Upload the refined Interim Report (based on feedback) to the wiki (Deliverables) |
| 2026-11-20 | Technical Architecture and Modelling | Backend data model, data processing pipeline, analytics components, API specification, architecture diagram and updated GitHub repository |
| 2026-11-27 | Minimum Viable Product (MVP) | Functional prototype and demonstration video |
| 2026-12-04 | Validation and Evaluation | User testing results, usability evaluation, validation against requirements, performance assessment and improvement plan |
| 2026-12-11 | Final Deliverables | Upload the Final Report, Presentation, Poster, Video, Technical-Scientific Paper, User Manual and Deployment Instructions to the wiki (Deliverables) and to MS Teams |
| | | Ensure the GitHub repository contains the final source code (models, Frontend, Backend APIs, databases), datasets, and documentation |
| 2026-12-17 | Final Presentation | Final presentation, demonstration and assessment (reserve the whole day) |
| 2026-12-18 | Closing Session | Demonstration of the prototype |
| | | Ensure all deliverables available on the Wiki, MS Teams and GitHub |
| | | Receive the MADS4Engineering certificate |
| | | Bring and share typical food from your country |