Description
Each progress report should take approximately 20 minutes with room
for Q+A during and after. It should focus on your team’s current set of
goal and you should begin by restating these goals before moving into a
discussion of the progress you made towards them.
You may use any format you’d like (PowerPoint, R Markdown, various
items pasted into a google doc), so long as the entire class is able to
follow along and you don’t get bogged down by inconsequential items.
Depending your goals, a good report might include:
- Clear and succinct information describing or updating your current
business understanding of the project
- Spreadsheets, data visualizations, or tables conveying important
data understanding aspects of the current stages of the project
- Diagrams, flowcharts, or small pieces of code/pseudo-code
describing your data preparation work since the past briefing
- Descriptions, explanations, and results from the models/methods you
applied
Regardless of what your goals were, good report should reflect upon
them in the following ways:
- Discussion of things that went well, didn’t go well, or took longer
than expected
- Reflection on how feasible the goals you set ended up being
- A brief sense of where your project might go next
Additionally, you should briefly summarize any other information from
your most recent client meeting that does not fit under any of the above
bullets but might be worthwhile to your advisory team.
Scoring
Each progress report will be scored in two dimensions:
- A 0-10 score of your report’s overall quality, measured by:
- How well it met the guidelines above
- How fluent and well-articulated it was
- The degree of professionalism of the presenting group
- A 0-5 score of your team’s ability to construct and achieve
short-term goals, measured by:
- Whether your goals clearly defined
- Whether your goals were consistent with your location in the data
science life cycle
- Did your presentation clearly indicate whether or not your goals
were met
You should post any slides/materials used during your briefing to the
“Progress Briefings” discussion board on P-web