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? Being able to confidently integrate JavaScript with HTML. Being able to effictively manage Git workflow. Being able to confidently navigate the DOM.
What drives us in this project? actually building something instead of just writing random code.
What is your collaboration style? How do you feel about pair programming vs. divide-and-conquer approaches? I think that at this stage, I am more comfortable with pair programming, even though my nature inclination is more divide and conquor.
How do you communicate best? slack shared sceen, since we cannot be in person.
How do you appreciate receiving communication from others? I like communitcation to be positive and constructive, pessimism creates barriers for me. How would you describe your work style? I tend to get hyper-focused and anxiety driven so I may need reminders to take a break and reality check. What are each of our strengths? How can our strengths complement each other? We are both calm people and can help each other maintain a calm focus.
What’s gone well or poorly in your previous projects? Blank screens are difficult, I have trouble knowing where to start.
How will we set direction and make decisions as a team? set direction by following the spec.. making decisions consulting a mentor to see if there is a reason to go one way or the other.
How will we overcome obstacles? talk it through respectfully, encourage one another and ask for help if we are working on a problem for more than half an hour.
What do you need (resources, environment, communication) to do your best work? honest, open, respectful communication.
What scheduling restraints do you have? What are your scheduling preferences? LW is morning person NW is fine that. NW takes a walk every afternoon. What is your style for giving feedback? Does anything ever hold you back from giving feedback? I sometimes worry that I am too direct and that might stop me 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? I am new to everything!! It can all be improved.
What tools do you want to use to manage the project? github, slack, atom, terminal.
How do you want the group to solve problems when members run into issues with features of the project? Ask each other for help after 30 minutes, if we cannot solve it together, reach out to mentor, rock, etc
How do you know if a project is successful? How can we achieve that as a group? Do we feel like we worked hard, worked colaboratively and Bonus!! can we run the code without error messages
How will we recognize each other's successes and celebrate them? Verbally recognize personal and technical success.
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 interfere with your ability to focus, and what plan can we come up with to approach those issues? (Examples: my kids, my dog, my partner, etc.) 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? we'll feel this out and figure out what works best.
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:
Group Member Names:
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?):
Team strengths & collaboration styles (consider discussing your Pairin qualities here):
How we can use our strengths to overcome obstacles:
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):
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?):
Abilities & Growth Expectations (Technical strengths and areas for desired improvement):
Workload Expectations (What features do we each want to work on?):
Workflow Expectations (Git workflow/Tools/Code Review/Reviewing Pull Requests/Debugging and Problem-solving Techniques):
Pomodoro Break Schedule:
Expectations for giving and receiving feedback:
Additional Remote Considerations:
Project management tools we will use (GitHub projects or Trello are popular tools):
Day 1 Agenda:
Additional Notes: