Chapter 3 of 7 · 4 practices · 3 min · 4-question quiz
Give a live demo that does not break
The demo is the most convincing part of the defence and the most fragile. Script it, control the environment, keep a backup video and know how to recover.
Start: Script the demo as a short user story and rehearse it exactly4 practices in this chapter
- 1Script the demo as a short user story and rehearse it exactlyA demo should show a real user solving the problem, not a tour of every screen. Use the walkthrough you wrote in your proposal and update it to what you built: A pharmacist signs in on the phone…
- 2Control the demo environment so nothing depends on luckMost demo failures come from the environment, not the code: no internet, an expired API key, a sleeping cloud server, a projector that does not connect. The University of Lahore's Islamabad campus…
- 3Record a backup video of the full demoRecord the complete scripted demo as a video a few days before the evaluation, with the screen clearly visible and, if useful, a short voice-over. Keep it on the laptop offline, on a USB drive and in…
- 4Recover calmly and honestly when something goes wrongEven well-prepared demos hit problems. What examiners judge is how you handle it. A recovery sequence: Pause and name it: "That request failed; let me check the server is running."; Try one quick…
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