Homework #1

Due: Thu. 26th Aug 2021 (in class presentation)

Learning Outcomes

• Team work is essential for this class.

• How do you quickly form a team?

• What are the barriers to working as a team (esp. with a short deadline)?

• Reflection on each project (post mortem analysis) helps individuals (and teams) work more effectively in the future.

Assignment

Part 1: Get accounts on:

• Wiki: Use your UArizona email address

• CyVerse: http://user.cyverse.org 

• Slack: join "ua-acic" (we will use your email address in class roster for sending an invite)

• GitHub: GitHub · Build and ship software on a single, collaborative platform

• Roster: Add yourself and these accounts to the class roster

Part 2: Data Scientist Presentations

• Break into groups of 4-5 people

• Identify two  Data Scientists (one male and one female) Write a paragraph on each person

  • Post as a child page to this page (one page for each group)

  • Name the page "Homework 1 - Team X" where X is your team name.

  • List your group members (first and last names)

• Create a 5 minute presentation (5 sides) to give to class on Thurs.

  • Format

    • Slide one:  Title slide with name of data scientists and group members

      • Introduce data scientists and members of the team

    • Slide two:  Why each person was selected by the team

    • Slide three: What they have done and their impact on data science

    • Slide four: How you expect these contributions to impact the work done in the class

    • Slide five: Contributions by each person

  • Post to/link from homework page

  • If using a cloud presentation (e.g., Google Slides), make sure the documents are open and publicly viewable !

• Presentations graded on:

  • Completeness of summarizing main points of chapter

  • Professionalism of presentation

  • Clarity of information on slides

  • Use of relevant examples

  • Staying within the allotted time

  • Contributions by each person on the team

• Evaluate the contributions of your team members (no slacker policy!): 

  • https://forms.gle/iJPPqAfG1eem1m6Z6

  • THIS IS MANDATORY – IF YOU DON'T DO IT, YOU WILL RECEIVE NO CREDIT FOR THE HOMEWORK

• After class presentations
  
  

  • Retrospective analysis of group work, posted to wiki

    • Answer: What worked; What didn't; What was Ugly; How to improve next time (what would you do differently)Wiki page should include:

    •  The good

    •  The bad

    •  The ugly

    •  What would be done differently (next time)

    • Take time to reflect; Learn from your experience

    • Example of postmortem analysis:

      • Team A:

        •  Good: Used slack to coordinate and discuss.  

        •  Bad:  At first, hard to coordinate communication due to everyone having busy schedules and the first week of class. 

        •  Ugly: Without communication, everyone was lost and not doing anything

        •  Change:  Should have coordinated right after class, figured out who would do each item, and how we would communicate.