Intention_Timer_DTR

DTR: Define the Relationship
Use this template when conducting DTR with your project partners. It's recommended that you copy/paste this template into your own gist each time you conduct a DTR to take notes on the conversation.

Guiding Questions to Define The Relationship:
What are each of our learning goals for this project? What drives us in this project?
What is your collaboration style? How do you feel about pair programming vs. divide-and-conquer approaches?
How do you communicate best? How do you appreciate receiving communication from others?
How would you describe your work style?
What are each of our strengths? How can our strengths complement each other?
What’s gone well or poorly in your previous projects?
How will we set direction and make decisions as a team?
How will we overcome obstacles?
What do you need (resources, environment, communication) to do your best work?
What scheduling restraints do you have? What are your scheduling preferences?
What is your style for giving feedback? Does anything ever hold you back from giving feedback?
What do you identify as being your biggest strength(s) technically, as they relate to this project? Where do you feel you could use improvement in your technical skills, as they relate to this project? How can our team help support you in improving these skills?
What tools do you want to use to manage the project?
How do you want the group to solve problems when members run into issues with features of the project?
How do you know if a project is successful? How can we achieve that as a group?
How will we recognize each other's successes and celebrate them?
Any additional questions that you would like to add:

Remote Work Considerations During the COVID-19 Quarantine
What does remote focus look like for you? (headphones, distractions minimized (tv, family stuff, etc), video on)
When working from the same place where you live, life can get in the way. What are some potential life things that could affect your ability to focus, and what plan can we come up with to approach those moments?
If we encounter issues such as power outages, Zoom difficulties, or bad wifi, what backup plans can we have in place? (This could have answers like asking a neighbor to borrow wifi, using cellphone hotspot for internet, switching to slack or skype.
Pomodoro breaks are especially important for remote work and doubly so for quarantine. What should our Pom cadence look like? How will hold ourselves accountable?
Quarantine is tough, so it’s important to make note of our mental/emotional state when working with others. How can we make space to check in on each other’s well being, in addition to the work that needs to be done?
Template for DTR Memo


Project: Intention Timer


Group Member Names: Julia, Annie, Josh


Goals and Expectations for the Project (What does each group member hope to get out of this project? What do we want to achieve as a team? How will we know that we're successful?):
We want to plan on getting majority of 3's and a possibly a 4 in the grading rubric. We plan on completing the project through iteration 5 and make it a goal to finish at least one extension. We will know we're successful when we get a working program.

Team strengths & collaboration styles (consider discussing your Pairin qualities here):
1. Cooperative Practicle
2. Lover of Justice
3. Glass window

How we can use our strengths to overcome obstacles:
We have decided to make space to review the DTR if needed. Be open and honest with each other. If we need to slow down and re-explain, we will make time for that.

Schedule Expectations (When are we available to work together and individually? What constraints do we have? Make sure to discuss the remote questions above in regards to this section):
Plan on making time after school everyday. Plan on being on time!(6-8pm tues-thur)(5-7pm fri)(9am-5pm sat)(off sun)(6-8pm mon)(5-8pm tues)


Communication Expectations (How and often will we communicate? How do we keep lines of communication open? How will we make decisions as a team? How will we communicate about our emotional and mental well-being with each other?):
Slack will be our main form of communications. We will talk it out, think about each side of the decision and find a middle ground. Come back to the DTR for pulse checks. Request a pom if we are getting frustrated, respect others needs. 

Abilities & Growth Expectations (Technical strengths and areas for desired improvement):
Go for mostly 3's and at least one 4. 

Workload Expectations (What features do we each want to work on?):
We plan to do the html and css together. Attempt to tackle the javascript on our own then come together to come up with the best solution.

Workflow Expectations (Git workflow/Tools/Code Review/Reviewing Pull Requests/Debugging and Problem-solving Techniques):
We will use Trello to keep us on track with our progress. We will use the Teletype Atom extension to collaborate together on our project.

Pomodoro Break Schedule:
50 minutes of work, then 10 minute poms.

Expectations for giving and receiving feedback:
Feedback should be actionable, given soon as possible, and direct.

Additional Remote Considerations:
 Julia is flying back on Sunday so we will work around that by taking the day off.

Project management tools we will use (GitHub projects or Trello are popular tools):
We will use Trello as a guide.

Day 1 Agenda:
We will plan on getting iteration 0 by OTD. 

Additional Notes: