Pomodoro Timer First Brainstorm

Meeting Topic: Brainstorming & Initial Planning

Date: April 14, 2026

Location: CSE Building, Room 2154

Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM


Attendance


Agenda

  1. Review unfinished business from last meeting
  2. Discuss new Pomodoro Timer features
  3. Assign initial roles and responsibilities
  4. Review architecture diagrams
  5. Open floor for questions and concerns

Unfinished Business

Item Owner Status
Finalize team name Alice Completed — team name is “Chrono Coders”
Set up GitHub repository Bob Completed
Gather reference apps for inspiration Carol In progress — will share by Wednesday

New Business

1. Core Feature Discussion

The team discussed the minimum viable product (MVP) for the Pomodoro Timer app. The following features were agreed upon for the first sprint:

2. Stretch Goals

Click to expand stretch goals

3. Tech Stack Decision

After a brief discussion, the team voted on the following stack:

Frontend
HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript
Version Control
Git & GitHub
Testing
Jest for unit tests
Deployment
GitHub Pages

4. Role Assignments

Team Member Role
Alice Nguyen Team Lead / Scrum Master
Bob Martinez Lead Developer
Carol Zhang UI/UX Designer
David Patel Backend Developer
Emily Thompson QA / Testing Lead
Frank Wilson Developer (absent — to be briefed)

Miscellaneous Comments / Questions / Concerns

“Should we consider accessibility from day one? I think we should make sure the timer works with screen readers.”

— Emily Thompson

“I’d like to research existing Pomodoro apps over the weekend and share a competitive analysis.”

— Carol Zhang

Diagrams & Whiteboard Photos

Pomodoro Technique overview diagram showing the cycle of work and break intervals
Fig 1: Pomodoro Technique overview — presented by Carol during the meeting.
Whiteboard sketch of the timer UI layout with start, pause, and reset buttons
Fig 2: Whiteboard sketch of the proposed timer UI layout.

Meeting Audio Recording

Meeting Video Recording