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docs(phase6f): document ROOT_ V1 pilot readiness
New: PHASE6F_ROOT_V1_PILOT_READINESS.md (phase summary), ROOT_V1_CURRICULUM_MANIFEST.md
(canonical V1 scope), ROOT_V1_PREREQUISITE_MAP.md, ROOT_V1_ASSESSMENT_MAP.md,
ROOT_V1_SYLLABUS.md, ROOT_V1_INSTRUCTOR_GUIDE.md, ROOT_V1_STUDENT_REQUIREMENTS.md,
ROOT_V1_INSTRUCTOR_LED_PILOT.md, WINTER_BREAK_CAMP_CURRICULUM_OPTIONS.md.

Updated: ROOT_PROGRAM_ARCHITECTURE.md (course-sequence table reflects real V1 statuses),
ROOT_PILOT_CURRICULUM.md (self-paced-readiness correction), ROOT_PROGRAM_DURATION_MODEL.md
(real post-integration totals: 64.2 V1 hours / 68.3 program-wide), ROOT_CAPSTONE_READINESS.md
(§1b, the new root-09 course-layer gate), platform/README.md (test list).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]>
2026-08-26 18:33:46 -05:00

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ROOT_ Program Duration Model

Phase 6F Step 25 (built on Phase 6E §28) — recalculated from actual authored activities in the live database after Phase 6F's curriculum integration (orientation module + the three practice-bank intro lessons). Run: SELECT c.course_id, SUM(a.estimated_duration_minutes) ... GROUP BY c.course_id against the current schema, same method as every prior version of this document.

Per-course totals (self-paced estimate)

Course Activities Minutes Hours In ROOT_ V1?
ROOT 01 Computing & Linux Foundations 38 353 5.9 Yes
ROOT 02 Linux Administration & Networking 37 388 6.5 Yes
ROOT 03 Git & Collaborative Development 31 312 5.2 Yes
ROOT 04 Containers & Docker 43 444 7.4 Yes
ROOT 05 Kubernetes Foundations 28 403 6.7 Yes
ROOT 06 Kubernetes Application Workloads 23 299 5.0 Yes
ROOT 07 Kubernetes Networking & Configuration 28 356 5.9 Yes
ROOT 08 Kubernetes Storage & Scheduling 15 250 4.2 No — excluded
ROOT 09 Kubernetes Security 40 745 12.4 Yes (required for Capstone)
ROOT 10 Kubernetes Troubleshooting & Observability 21 280 4.7 Yes
ROOT 11 DevOps & Platform Engineering (orientation only) 3 35 0.6 Yes (optional bonus)
ROOT 12 Real Ops 6 115 1.9 Yes (required for Capstone)
ROOT Capstone 5 120 2.0 Yes
Total (all authored content, incl. excluded ROOT 08) 318 4,100 68.3
ROOT_ V1 total (excludes ROOT 08) 303 3,850 64.2

ROOT 01's activity/minute count grew by 3 activities / 15 minutes this phase (the new root-01-m00-welcome-to-root orientation module). ROOT 06/07/10 each grew by 1 activity / 3-4 minutes (their new practice-bank intro lessons). See docs/ROOT_V1_CURRICULUM_MANIFEST.md for why.

ROOT Foundations (01-04) subtotal: 149 activities, 1,497 minutes, 25.0 hours.

Self-paced vs. instructor-led

Unchanged from Phase 6D/6E: the figures above are self-paced estimates (the sum of each activity's own estimated_duration_minutes). Instructor-led classroom time is still not a separate summable database field — every Instructor Notes section documents approximate live- facilitation timing in prose. A future phase could add a distinct estimated_duration_minutes_instructor_led column if precise classroom scheduling becomes a real, measured need. See docs/ROOT_V1_INSTRUCTOR_LED_PILOT.md for the cohort packaging this duration model supports.

What this is NOT

Not a marketing duration, not a promise, not a certification-hours figure. estimated_duration_minutes values were authored as honest guesses (see docs/COURSE_AUTHORING_STANDARD.md §4) — this total will get more accurate as real completion- time data accumulates from actual students, not before.

Program completeness — ROOT_ V1 vs. the full authored program

ROOT_ V1 (docs/ROOT_V1_CURRICULUM_MANIFEST.md) is 64.2 of the program's 68.3 authored hours — everything except ROOT 08, deliberately excluded as non-Capstone-gating and not yet authored to V1 standard. ROOT 11's remaining six modules were never counted in either total (they don't exist yet, unlike ROOT 08's PARTIAL-but-real content) — see docs/ROOT_CURRICULUM_COVERAGE_ MATRIX.md for the honest READY/PARTIAL/PLANNED breakdown across the entire program.