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## Section 1: Project Breakdown, Work Division, Communication Plan

### Project Breakdown

This project is a Python app that shows stock data charts using the [Alpha Vantage API](https://www.alphavantage.co/documentation/). The user can:

- Type a stock symbol (like AAPL or MSFT)
- Pick a chart type (line or bar)
- Choose a time series (like daily, weekly, monthly, intraday)
- Pick a start and end date
- See a graph in their browser

The API gives us historical stock data (up to 20 years). We filter the data by date and show it using `matplotlib`. The main goal was to build a working app and also learn to use **Jira for Scrum** and **GitHub for code**.

We planned the project over 3 weeks and split it into sprints:

- **Sprint 1**: Planning and setup – we created the GitHub repo, researched the Alpha Vantage API, created initial Jira tasks, and planned our use case design.
- **Sprint 2**: Development – we wrote the base Python code, added user input, handled errors, connected to the API, and started testing.
- **Sprint 3**: Testing and polish – we focused on formatting the graph output, cleaning up the user interface, writing documentation, and preparing the final report and screenshots.

Each sprint had specific goals, and we used Jira to manage progress and update task statuses daily.


### Work Division and Planning

We used [Jira](https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira) to keep track of everything we needed to do. We made tasks and moved them across our Scrum board like this:

- To Do  
- In Progress  
- In Review  
- Done

Some of our main tasks in Jira were:

- Write use case descriptions  
- Create the use case diagram  
- Add example code from Alpha Vantage  
- Create the GitHub repo  
- Handle errors for wrong input, connection issues, and parsing  
- Build the Python code  
- Break big to-do items into smaller ones  
- Format the output graph  
- Write the report and divide it into sections  
- Final submission of report and GitHub repo

Everyone helped on different parts of the project and we updated our progress in Jira often.


### Communication Plan

We used **Discord** to talk and plan. We:

- Posted updates every day  
- Had voice calls to plan the next steps  
- Shared screenshots and code problems  

Jira helped us stay organized, and GitHub made it easy to work on code as a team with branches and commits. It helped us keep everything in one place and work smoothly together.