Meeting purpose
- Review progress since the second meeting, refine deliverables, and ensure you are on track to complete the interim report and subsequent project milestones
Meeting agenda
- Review progress made on tasks identified during the second progress meeting
- Discuss your draft interim report and ensure it meets expectations
- Address challenges encountered and brainstorm solutions
- Plan the next set of tasks and milestones leading up to the interim report and beyond
Instructions
To ensure a productive discussion, before your third progress meeting, you are required to complete the following:
- Submit a draft of your interim report:
- Prepare a draft of your interim report that reflects updates to your deliverables, timeline, and progress since the second meeting
- Ensure the draft includes all sections outlined in the rubric, with placeholders for incomplete parts
- Upload your draft interim report to your folder on Teams before the meeting
- Prepare an update on progress:
- Summarize the work you have completed since the second meeting in slides
- Identify tasks that were delayed or modified and provide an explanation
- Identify challenges:
- Be ready to discuss any difficulties you have faced, such as technical issues, time management, or data analysis challenges
- Update your timeline:
- Revise your project timeline to reflect progress and account for remaining tasks
- Highlight key tasks and milestones leading up to the submission of the interim report and subsequent project phases
Grading
- Progress meetings will be graded according to the rubric in the syllabus.
- Ensure that you demonstrate progress, address challenges effectively, and actively engage in planning the next steps.
- To receive credit, after each meeting, use the rubric to grade yourself and upload your grade on Canvas within 24 hours.
- The instructor’s evaluation will serve as the final grade, but your self-assessment will be reviewed to provide feedback and address any discrepancies.
Next step
This meeting ensures you are on track to submit a high-quality interim report by the deadline and prepares you for the final stages of the project. We will discuss tasks for our last progress meeting