DTR - RomCom Paired Project

Guiding Questions to Define The Relationship:

What are each of our learning goals for this project? What drives us in this project?
      THE DOM! 
What is your collaboration style? How do you feel about pair programming vs. divide-and-conquer approaches?
      Pair Programming 
How do you communicate best? How do you appreciate receiving communication from others?
      We will both try to communicate more directly, though with kindness, and understand that we're here to work collaboratively 
      and find ways to push ourselves (with kindness). 
      
How would you describe your work style?
  Planning, prepping for the worst, hoping for the best. 
  
What are each of our strengths? How can our strengths complement each other?
    One of our strengths is not hesitating to ask questions when truly needed. 
    Another strength is persistence when trying to learn/understand new concepts. 

What’s gone well or poorly in your previous projects?
    Lack of communication has been challenging in previous group projects. 
    Not asking for help has also hindered progress. 
  
How will we set direction and make decisions as a team?
  

How will we overcome obstacles?
  We will do our best. 

What do you need (resources, environment, communication) to do your best work?
  We have what we need. 

What scheduling restraints do you have? What are your scheduling preferences?
  None, except for a few blocks of time. 

What is your style for giving feedback? Does anything ever hold you back from giving feedback?
  L: direct feedback and communication is ideal for me. 
  A: Try to stay simple in communicating the issue 

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?
  Being able to seek resources to help support my technical skills. 
  Taking the time to understand the concept, and try to deeply understand the root of the concept, and move forward from there. 

What tools do you want to use to manage the project?
  N/A

How do you want the group to solve problems when members run into issues with features of the project?
  Reach out to third party support (classmates/mentors/etc) to help us get a different perspective. 

How do you know if a project is successful? How can we achieve that as a group?
  Completing the project, and truly understanding what we did will help us know we were successful. 
  One way, is making sure that whenever we get external help, we week to understand what they are instructing us to do. 

How will we recognize each other's successes and celebrate them?
  Verbally. 

Any additional questions that you would like to add:
  No


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: Rom Com Pair 

Group Member Names:

Lourdes Mendoza
Andrey Bermudez

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 understand what the DOM is, how to use this concept in future projects, and make sure we know why we do what we do. 
 We want to be able to successfully finish this project, having learned as much as possible through trial and error. 
  

Team strengths & collaboration styles (consider discussing your Pairin qualities here):
  See above. 


How we can use our strengths to overcome obstacles:
  See above. COmmunication, reaching out, persistence. 


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):
  We already reviewed our calendars, and blocked off times to meet and times when we're unavailable. 

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?):
  We'll keep in touch via Slack, using phone as backup. 


Abilities & Growth Expectations (Technical strengths and areas for desired improvement):
  Writing clean, functional JS code. 


Workload Expectations (What features do we each want to work on?):
  Pair - all of the above. 

Workflow Expectations (Git workflow/Tools/Code Review/Reviewing Pull Requests/Debugging and Problem-solving Techniques):

Pomodoro Break Schedule:
  TBD

Expectations for giving and receiving feedback:
  See above. 
  
Additional Remote Considerations:
  N/A

Project management tools we will use (GitHub projects or Trello are popular tools):
N/A

Day 1 Agenda:

Complete day 1 deliverables 

Additional Notes: