Week 3

Materials

Class slides

Schedule

1:00 - 1:15 : Questions & check-in

1:15 - 1:55: GitHub organization & projects

2:55 - 2:00: BREAK

2:00 - 2:50: git merge conflicts

2:50 - 3:00: BREAK

3:00 - 3:40: DIP Solution Design

3:40 - 3:54: DIP Timelines & Milestones

3:50 - 3:55: ABT elevator pitch

3:55 - 4:00: Checklist for next class

To do by next week

Submit by 5pm on Tuesday 1/30

Draft of DIP Approach & Methods section and DIP Proposed Software & Tools section

Include your workflow diagram draft (a screenshot is ok). In your final DIP this should become a finalized figure with an overview of your project’s workflow. Add document to the shared folder Week 3 - Approach & Methods / Proposed Software or Tools.

There might be details, questions, or even gaps about how you’ll create your deliverables. Start filling those in. First step is always to research, brainstorm, and clarify with your team. Then, as needed, reach out to your advisor or client with questions or options.

Draft of DIP Timeline & Milestones

Include a Gantt Chart to visualize represent your project’s timeline. Some Gantt chart resources from Casey O’Hara. You can also make a nice looking one in Google sheets.

Timeline should include client’s and academic deliverables, and appropriate intermediate deliverables leading to the project’s completion

Add document to the shared folder Week 3 - Timeline & Milestones.

Prepare flash talk

Prepare 4 slides covering:

Slide 1: A cover slide
Slide 2: Your ABT elevator pitch telling us what your project is about (<< 1 min)
Slide 3: Brief overview of project’s products and deliverables
Slide 4: Approach and methods draft diagram

Pick a person or two who are ready to do a 3 minute presentation next class Add slides to Week 4 - Flash talks before class.

Focus on:

Avoiding big blocks of text.
Seamless transitions between sections, clear, and precise speech.
Practice and time it!
Listen for every qualifier you use. “Kind of” “sort of” “I guess.” Avoid these!
When describing your workflow diagram, practice curious statements. Instead of “We have no idea how we’re going to do this part,” what can you say?

Update GitHub organization & team management plan

Update:

Your GitHub organization’s landing page to include the project summary you submitted a on week 2. Delete all the repositories, issues, and projects from this week’s demo sessions.
If your team plans to use GitHub issues, milestones, and projects to track progress or allocate tasks (highly encouraged), update your team management plan sections V and VI to include these. Then create some issues, milestones, and a project to track the bigger steps of your Approach & Methods section.

Read

Read the Data Management Plan section of the MEDS Capstone Project Guidelines (1 page). Next week we’ll have a presentation by the Research Data Services from UCSB’s Library. Come prepared with questions about data management and archival for your project.