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What To Show, What To Cut

This generated surface maps a learner-facing curriculum unit to its canonical source routes.

Curriculum surface​

  • Open learner-facing unit
  • Curriculum path: content/curriculum/production/semester-10-capstone/module-05-portfolio-specialization-assessment/concepts/cluster-01-the-capstone-case-study/02-what-to-show-what-to-cut-primary.md
  • App: production
  • Semester: semester-10-capstone
  • Module: module-05-portfolio-specialization-assessment
  • Unit kind: concept
  • Curation level: module_curated

Learning objectives​

  • Explain What To Show, What To Cut as demonstrating engineering judgment, specialization depth, and clear communication rather than merely packaging artifacts.
  • Use What To Show, What To Cut to decide how the capstone should be presented, defended, and connected to the broader roadmap and specialization goals.
  • Use building-secure-and-reliable-systems, fundamentals-of-software-architecture, software-engineering-at-google to connect the learner explanation to technical storytelling, evidence of decisions, and professional presentation of engineering work.

Prerequisites​

  • Comfort with the full capstone lifecycle, including architecture decisions, implementation evidence, deployment, and operational tradeoffs.

Source books​

  • building-secure-and-reliable-systems
  • fundamentals-of-software-architecture
  • software-engineering-at-google

Source routes​

Building Secure And Reliable Systems​

Fundamentals Of Software Architecture​

Software Engineering At Google​

Supporting curriculum routes​

External enrichment​

  • GitHub Docs: README Best Practices (official_docs_companion) - Helps learners present the capstone clearly as a professional repository with navigable evidence and explanation.
  • Thoughtworks Technology Radar (optional_deep_dive) - Gives a reference point for communicating specialization and technical judgment in a mature, reviewable form.

AI companion modes​

  • Explain simply
  • Socratic tutor
  • Challenge my understanding
  • Diagnose my confusion
  • Connect forward / backward

Source-of-truth note​

This teaching unit is learner-facing guidance assembled from canonical book routes plus prior curriculum surfaces. Use the listed source books as the primary conceptual spine for What To Show, What To Cut, and use the supporting curriculum routes to reconnect earlier learner-facing explanations when needed.