MVP and Final Milestone Plan

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MVP Milestone

Tasks by Area

Frontend (React Web)

Responsible:

• Muhammet Sami Çakmak
• Amin Abu Hilga

Tasks:

• Implement registration page with form validation
• Implement login page and protected route structure
• Implement logout functionality and JWT storage in localStorage
• Create profile view and profile editing interfaces (own profile)
• Implement mentor page view for mentees with interests, goals, and background fields (discovering profile)
• Build mentor discovery interface with mentor card components
• Implement mentee candidate list for mentors
• Develop mentorship request interface (send request button and request form)
• Create incoming mentorship requests interface for mentors
• Implement active mentorship list page
• Implement mentor dashboard for managing mentoring preferences
• Build availability calendar UI for mentors

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Mobile (React Native)

Responsible:

• Övgü Su Afşar
• Burak Öğüt

Tasks:

• Implement mobile registration screen with form validation
• Integrate registration API with React Native frontend
• Implement login screen with secure token storage
• Create profile screen with editing capabilities
• Implement avatar upload with ImagePicker
• Build mentor discovery screen using FlatList
• Implement mentorship request sending functionality
• Create incoming mentorship request screen with accept/reject actions
• Implement active mentorship list screen
• Build mentor availability editing screen

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Backend (Spring Boot)

Responsible:

• Mehmet Bora Sarıoğlu
• İbrahim Kayan
• Beratcan Doğan

Tasks:

• Implement authentication service (registration and login)
• Implement JWT token generation and verification
• Implement user role structure (Mentor / Mentee)
• Create profile CRUD endpoints (GET/PUT /api/profiles/{id})
• Implement mentor matching API (/api/matching/mentors)
• Implement mentee suggestion API (/api/matching/mentees)
• Implement mentorship request creation endpoint
• Implement mentorship acceptance and rejection logic
• Implement mentorship relationship state management (PENDING, ACTIVE, REJECTED)
• Implement mentor availability storage and retrieval endpoints
• Implement notification triggering infrastructure

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DevOps / Infrastructure

Responsible:

• Beratcan Doğan
• Amin Abu-Hilga

Tasks:

• Create Spring Boot backend project scaffolding
• Configure PostgreSQL database schema
• Implement Docker containers for backend and database
• Configure Docker Compose for local development environment
• Implement CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions
• Configure environment variable management (.env)
• Integrate Swagger/OpenAPI documentation
• Implement database migrations with Flyway or Liquibase
• Configure logging system (SLF4J + Logback)
• Prepare development and staging deployment environments

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Deliverables for MVP Milestone

• Working user registration and login system
• Web and mobile profile management interfaces
• Basic mentor and mentee matching system
• Mentorship request and acceptance workflow
• Mentor availability management
• Active mentorship relationship listing
• Docker-based deployment environment
• Functional CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions
• API documentation via Swagger

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Final Milestone

Tasks by Area

Frontend (React Web)

Responsible:

• Muhammet Sami Çakmak
• Amin Abu Hilga

Tasks:

Mentorship Lifecycle

• Build active mentorship detail page as hub linking to all mentorship sub-features
• Implement shared goal definition modal after mentor acceptance
• Implement end mentorship and extend mentorship duration UI for mentors
• Implement mentorship cancellation UI with confirmation dialog and ban feedback for mentees
• Implement mentor rating modal after mentorship ends (1–5 stars + optional comment)

Messaging

• Create conversation list and chat UI components
• Implement file upload and link preview in chat
• Build mentor-to-mentor messaging UI entry point on mentor public profiles

Meetings & Scheduling

• Build calendar interface for visualizing availability and confirmed meetings
• Implement meeting creation, confirmation, and rescheduling UI

Tasks, Milestones & Progress

• Create task assignment, submission, and tracking interfaces
• Build progress dashboard and mentorship statistics charts
• Implement milestones UI — create, view, update, and complete milestone stages within a mentorship
• Implement reminder notification preference toggles in profile settings

Recommendation & Discovery

• Add advanced recommendation filters and mentor comparison interface
• Update Explore page to display recommendation explanation cards, "Diverse Pick" badges, and distance labels
• Add distance filter slider to Explore page

Blog & Content

• Build blog feed page with paginated posts, likes, and comments
• Build blog post detail page with full content, like toggle, and comment submission
• Build blog creation and editing interface for mentors
• Display published blog posts tab on mentor public profile page

Profiles

• Add location field (city) to profile edit form and display it on public profiles and mentor cards

Notifications

• Implement full notifications page with pagination and mark-as-read
• Add new notification type cards: REQUEST_SUBMITTED, TASK_DEADLINE_REMINDER, MILESTONE_REMINDER with correct icons and click navigation

Admin & Moderation

• Build admin panel — users table with ban/unban actions and reports table with status management
• Create mentor reporting interface for mentees (report modal on mentor public profile)

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Mobile (React Native)

Responsible:

• Övgü Su Afşar
• Burak Öğüt

Tasks:

Messaging

• Connect conversation list and chat screens to real messaging API
• Implement file attachment sending and preview in chat
• Build mentor-to-mentor conversation entry point from mentor public profile screen

Meetings & Scheduling

• Connect meetings screen to real meetings API
• Implement meeting creation form and confirmation flow
• Implement mentee rescheduling request flow
• Integrate meeting reminder push notifications

Tasks & Milestones

• Connect task tracker screen to real task API
• Implement task submission flow for mentees (text and file upload)
• Implement mentor feedback and task review interface
• Build milestones screen — create, view, and update milestone stages within a mentorship
• Implement reminder notification handling for task deadlines and upcoming milestones

Mentorship Lifecycle

• Implement mentorship cancellation flow for mentees with confirmation and ban feedback
• Implement end mentorship and extend duration actions for mentors
• Implement post-mentorship mentor rating screen (1–5 stars + optional comment)
• Implement shared goal definition prompt after mentor acceptance

Recommendation & Discovery

• Display recommendation explanation labels on mentor cards in explore screen
• Add "Diverse Pick" badge to out-of-goal recommendations
• Add distance display on mentor cards and distance filter in explore screen

Blog & Content

• Build blog feed screen with paginated posts, like toggle, and comment count
• Build blog post detail screen with full content, like button, and comment list
• Build blog creation and editing screen for mentors
• Display mentor's published blog posts on their public profile screen

Profiles

• Add location field (city) to profile editing screen
• Display location on public mentor profile screen and mentor cards

Notifications

• Integrate FCM push notifications for all notification types
• Add new notification type handling: REQUEST_SUBMITTED, TASK_DEADLINE_REMINDER, MILESTONE_REMINDER with correct icons and tap navigation
• Implement reminder notification opt-in preference in profile settings screen

Admin & Moderation

• Implement report mentor flow from mentor public profile screen

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Backend (Spring Boot)

Responsible:

• Mehmet Bora Sarıoğlu
• İbrahim Kayan
• Beratcan Doğan

Tasks:

• Implement meeting scheduling service and reminder scheduler
• Implement advanced score-based matching algorithm
• Implement performance optimizations and query improvements

Messaging

• Implement WebSocket messaging system (STOMP) with message persistence and paginated chat history endpoints
• Extend messaging to allow mentor-to-mentor conversations without active mentorship requirement

Meetings

• Implement meeting scheduling entities and CRUD endpoints
• Implement conflict detection and scheduled meeting reminder job

Tasks & Milestones

• Implement task management APIs — assign, submit, review, and feedback lifecycle
• Implement milestone entity and CRUD endpoints with progress calculation
• Implement task deadline and milestone reminder scheduled notifications with per-user opt-in preference

Mentorship Lifecycle

• Implement mentorship end, extend, and cancel endpoints with correct state transitions and notifications
• Implement automatic termination scheduler for expired mentorships
• Implement cancellation reason tracking and archiving of related data on termination
• Implement automatic temporary ban logic with escalating durations for repeated cancellations
• Implement post-mentorship mentor rating endpoint

Admin & Moderation

• Implement ADMIN role, admin-only authorization, and seed admin account
• Implement user reporting system — report submission, admin review queue, and status management

Recommendation System

• Implement location fields on user profile and proximity scoring in recommendation algorithm
• Implement advanced multi-factor recommendation algorithm with diversity logic and per-recommendation explanation

Blog & Content

• Implement blog post, comment, and like entities with full CRUD endpoints and mentor profile integration

Notifications & Analytics

• Implement push notification infrastructure via FCM
• Implement analytics aggregation endpoints for mentor and mentee dashboard stats

Bug Fixes

• Fix race condition in mentor capacity check during request acceptance
• Fix NullPointerException risk when JWT token lacks userId/role claims
• Fix inconsistent timezone handling across timestamp-sensitive services
• Fix match-found notification triggered on every mentor browse
• Fix missing per-resource authorization check on availability GET endpoint

Quality & Performance

• Overhaul search with database-level filtering, indexing, and N+1 query fixes
• Implement rate limiting middleware for public and authenticated endpoints
• Build end-to-end integration test suite for cross-feature workflows

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DevOps / Infrastructure

Responsible:

• Beratcan Doğan
• Amin Abu-Hilga

Tasks:

• Deploy production environment in cloud infrastructure
• Configure Nginx reverse proxy and SSL certificates
• Implement monitoring stack (Prometheus + Grafana)
• Configure centralized logging with ELK stack
• Implement automated database backup strategy
• Configure load balancing for WebSocket connections
• Implement rate limiting and API protection
• Perform load testing and performance optimization
• Ensure GDPR / KVKK compliance in data handling

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Deliverables for Final Milestone

• Real-time mentor-mentee and mentor-to-mentor messaging with WebSocket and file attachment support across web and mobile
• Meeting scheduling with automated reminders and calendar view
• Task assignment, submission, review, and feedback lifecycle connected to real API on web and mobile
• Milestone tracking with progress visualization and automated reminders
• Mentorship lifecycle management — extend, end, cancel, auto-terminate, ban, and rate
• Advanced recommendation algorithm with location proximity, diversity logic, and explanation cards surfaced on web and mobile
• Blog system with creation, feed, likes, and comments integrated into mentor profiles on web and mobile
• Mentor reporting interface for mentees on web and mobile
• Full notification center with all notification types and FCM push delivery on web and mobile
• Production deployment with monitoring, logging, load testing, and compliance

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