Assignment 5: Progress Report II

Summary

Keep vectoring and working on your projects!

The goals and requirements for this assignment are identical to Assignment 4:

• At the end of Assignment 4, you engaged in re-vectoring with your team to identify this week's vector ("What is currently the riskiest unanswered question in your project?") and to make a plan.
• For this assignment, work to reduce uncertainty in your chosen vector.
• At the end of the assignment, re-vector for your next steps.

The deliverables are identical to Assignment 4.

Timeline

Executing this project will be your team's focus for the rest of the course. Here is a reminder of the timeline:

• Week 4: Introduction due; start executing the project
• Weeks 5-8: work on the project, with weekly check-in assignments
• Week 8: Evaluation plan due in addition to the weekly check-in assignment
• Week 9: Draft paper due
• Week 10: Final presentation in class
• Finals: Final paper due

Submission

Submit a PDF with your weekly report. Add your slide to the section's Google Slides slideshow. This is a group assignment; create a group for your team, and one member should submit on behalf of the group.

Grading

Your project report will be graded on the following rubric:

• Vector: Did you select a vector that captures the main source of uncertainty in your project right now? (5pt)
• Plan: Did you create a plan that should reduce uncertainty in that vector? Is that plan achievable in a week? (5pt)
• Velocity: Did you make reasonable progress on your plan? We assume that plans may need to evolve as the week goes and you may need to re-vector midweek. We're not grading on whether you stuck exactly to the plan, but on whether you maintained high velocity on your project. (5pt)