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Topic-Specific Reading Assignment

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/reading-guide.md
  • App: production
  • Semester: semester-10-capstone
  • Module: module-05-portfolio-specialization-assessment
  • Unit kind: other
  • Curation level: module_curated

Learning objectives​

  • Explain Topic-Specific Reading Assignment as demonstrating engineering judgment, specialization depth, and clear communication rather than merely packaging artifacts.
  • Use Topic-Specific Reading Assignment to decide how the capstone should be presented, defended, and connected to the broader roadmap and specialization goals.
  • Use 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​

  • software-engineering-at-google

Source routes​

Software Engineering At Google​

Supporting curriculum routes​

No supporting curriculum routes linked yet.

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. Its canonical source backbone is the referenced book software-engineering-at-google, and outside material should only clarify or strengthen that backbone.