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# Assignment

Now it's time to practice structuring a project on your own!
Now it's time to practice planning a project and prioritising tasks on your own!

## Instructions

1. Think of a personal project (could be real, or made up!) to use in this assignment. Maybe you need to put up a new shelf in your apartment? Or you need to bake a cake for your friend's birthday?
1. Imagine you are building a new personal portfolio website. Think about the kinds of set up, features, content etc. that would be required to bring it to life.

2. Create a new Trello board and fill out a backlog of at least 10 tasks.
2. Create a new Trello board using [the same columns as you did in the session exercise](./session-plan.md#prioritising-tasks) and brainstorm a list of at least 10 tasks to implement the projet.

Tip: If you can't think of enough tasks, break some bigger ones into smaller ones (e.g. instead of "bake the cake in the oven" it could be split into "preheat the oven to 180 degrees", "bake for 20 minutes", "remove and cool for 15 minutes").
3. Prioritise each task into the **Now**, **Next** and **Later** columns and order the tasks accordingly.

3. Prioritise each task into Now, Next and Later and order your backlog accordingly.
## Tips

4. Share your board's public link as part of submitting this assignment.
- You're only _planning_ a project here, so expect the "In Progress" and "Done" columns to be empty for now.
- There's no right answer for e.g. how many tasks you prioritise into the first sprint, but check out these guiding tips to stay on the right track:
- **Now** - Tasks to complete in the first sprint (e.g. first week). These will likely be set up tasks and end in the first working version of your portfolio.
- **Next** - Tasks to complete in the next sprint (e.g. next week). These will likely be adding/finishing the main features of your portfolio.
- **Later** - Tasks to be prioritised at a later date (e.g. some time in the future). These could be optional ideas, improvements or new features to explore later.

## Submission

Submit your assignment as a PR as usual. Add your board's public link to a simple text or markdown file.