Week 3
Materials
📗 Good enough practices to manage your project data
🗓️ DIP Timeline and milestones
🏛️ Checklist for MEDS Capstone Projects Organizations and Repositories
Schedule
12:30 - 12:35 : Questions & check-in
12:35 - 12:45: Upcoming assignments
12:45 - 1:25: DIP Solution Design & ABT elevator pitch
1:25 - 1:30: BREAK
1:30 - 3:20:
Meetings with Research Data Services, UCSB Library
Coworking
Check-ins with groups
BREAK at 2:30
Upcoming capstone deadlines
To do by next week
📝 1. Draft of DIP Solution Design section, including Approach, Methods, and Research Data.
Due when? Submit by next class Monday 1/26.
How to submit: Add section to your DIP draft in the DIP drafts shared folder.
Instructions
Add all sections of the Solution Design to your DIP draft in the DIP drafts shared folder.
Include your workflow diagram draft (a screenshot is ok). This should become a finalized figure with an overview of your project’s workflow for the final draft due on week 5.
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.
🗓️ 2. Draft DIP Timeline & Milestones
Due when? Submit by next class Monday 1/26.
How to submit: Add section to your DIP draft in the DIP drafts shared folder.
Instructions
Review the class slides about the DIP Timeline and milestones.
Include a Gantt Chart to visualize represent your project’s timeline. Some Gantt chart resources from Dr. 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 these sections to your DIP draft in the DIP drafts shared folder.
💬 3. Prepare flash talk
Due when? Presentations will happen during next class on Monday 1/26.
How to submit: Add slides to Week 4 - Flash talks shared folder.
Instructions
Prepare 4 slides covering:
- Slide 1: A cover slide (see template)
- Slide 2: Your ABT elevator pitch telling us what your project is about (30 seconds max)
- Your ABT slide should look like the in-class examples: include “and”, “but”, “therefore”
- Audience for ABT pitch: general audience (think anyone at Bren)
- 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.
- Make sure font is not too small.
- Practice it a bit and time it.
- Listen for every qualifier you use. “Kind of” “sort of” “I guess.” Try to 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?
- Project your voice!
- Ask for questions at the end of the presentation
🧼 4. Add summary to GitHub organization, delete demo repos, and make all members public
Due when? By next class Monday 1/26.
How to submit: Verify the URL to your GitHub organization on this spreadsheet is correct and update if needed.
Instructions
Update your GitHub organization’s landing page to include the project summary you submitted on week 2. Delete all the repositories, issues, and projects from this week’s demo sessions. Make all members in your organization public members, so people can see your GitHub profiles when they visit your org.
As you create repositories and work in your organization, follow the Checklist for MEDS Capstone Projects Organizations and Repositories.