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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 is your collaboration style? How do you feel about pair programming vs. divide-and-conquer approaches?

  • Luis -

  • Alex - both/more towards pairing

  • Elise -

  • Ivonne -

  • How do you communicate best? How do you appreciate receiving communication from others?

  • Luis -

  • Alex - written communication via Slack

  • Elise -

  • Ivonne -

  • What’s gone well or poorly in your previous projects?

  • Luis -

  • Alex - well: paired programming and daily check-ins/goals

  • Elise -

  • Ivonne -

  • How will we set direction and make decisions as a team?

  • Luis -

  • Alex - make decisions as a team

  • Elise -

  • Ivonne -

  • How will we overcome obstacles?

  • Luis -

  • Alex - make decisions as a team

  • Elise -

  • Ivonne -

  • What scheduling restraints do you have? What are your scheduling preferences?

  • Luis -

  • Alex - Mon/Thurs - Not available 5pm-545pm, this Saturday - not available after 5pm

  • Elise -

  • Ivonne -

  • What is your style for giving feedback? Does anything ever hold you back from giving feedback?

  • Luis -

  • Alex - constructive written feedback.

  • Elise -

  • Ivonne -

  • 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:

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?):

  • Luis - collaborating with FE
  • Alex - collaborating with FE, learning new technologies
  • Elise - collaborating with BE, learning new technologies, resume builder
  • Ivonne - collaborating with BE, learning new technologies, working on something that's actually impactful

Team strengths & collaboration styles (consider discussing your Pairin qualities here): Elise - working on the workflow, setting regular standups and retros. Pairing - Luis & Alex. Elise & Ivonne like to work on things on their own.

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):

  • Luis - Mon - Fri anytime (dinner at 6pm - interview this Friday) Sat-Sun start after 12pm
  • Alex - Mon/Thurs - Not available 5pm-545pm, this Saturday - not available after 5pm (Sat-Sun start 10am)
  • Elise - Mon - Fri anytime Sat-Sun start 10am (unavailable this Saturday afternoon 1PM - 4PM)
  • Ivonne - Mon - Fri anytime (cutoff at 6-7pm) Sat-Sun (start 10am)

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?): Communication via Slack and GH project board. Having discussions in PRs instead of just merging. Use screenshots of code. Call Luis/Elise if his notifications are off.

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:

  • Checking in on each other to gauge how we're feeling on any given day.
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