Welcome to DPI-691M - Programming and Data for Policymakers!
- Instructors: Dhrumil Mehta & Aarushi Sahejpal
- Course Assistants: Innocent Munai & Hileamlak Mulugeta Yitayew
- Faculty Assistant: Melissa Kappotis
Logistics
- Description: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/courses/programming-and-data-policymakers
- Timings
- Section A: 10am - 2pm Eastern
- Section B: 4pm - 8pm Eastern
- Office Hours:
- Innocent Munai: Mon - Sat, 2pm - 3pm, in-person (inside our classroom)
- Hileamlak M. Yitayew: Mon - Sat, 3pm - 4pm, in-person (inside our classroom)
- Syllabus: syllabus.md
- Slack: https://code4policy.slack.com
- Reflection Forms:
Like any good programmer, we start our counting with 0...
| file | description |
|---|---|
| precoursework.md | Pre-course Work |
| setup/ | Windows and Mac Setup |
| file | description |
|---|---|
| Intro (slides) | Introduction to the class |
| modules/agile | Agile and Scrum Module |
| User Stories | Section A, Section B |
| Video | Reading | Coding | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Intro | modules/agile/06-reading.md | Python's Not (Just) For Unicorns (Ch 1-8 and 11-14) | Project Brainstorm |
| file | description |
|---|---|
| Standup Meeting | |
| modules/git | Git and GitHub Overview (Lesson 1 and 2 recap) |
| Bad Veggies section-A section-B | Collaborating on GitHub |
| Video | Reading | Coding | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| Command Line | -- | Terminus(optional) | Project Group Brainstorm |
| file | description |
|---|---|
| Standup Meeting | |
| modules/agile/04-agile-philosophy.md | Agile Philosopy |
| Brainstorm Responses | Project Research Mingling / Assign Groups |
| modules/git/03-ssh | SSH Setup |
| modules/commandline | Command Line |
| Video | Reading | Coding | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| -- | -- | Finish universe and cowsay assignments. | Group Meetings (decide on topic, brainstorm users, start making user stories). Start on preparing for a storytime meeting. |
| file | description |
|---|---|
| Standup Meeting | |
| -- | Project Time |
| modules/git (Lessons 4 & 5) | Git from command line |
| Start on simple-website | Simple Website |
| modules/finalproject/02-storytime.md | Storytime (pick roles, start fleshing out user stories and personas, start "grooming the backlog") |
| Video | Reading | Coding | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| -- | Read Part A of Healthcare.gov case (in Slack) | Work on Mozilla Front-end | Be prepared with user stories at the next class. Have a Storytime meeting. If you have some, start to break down stories that are too lage into smaller stories. Start to think about which stories you can take on in sprint 1 (MVP). |
| file | description |
|---|---|
| Standup Meeting (Slack) | |
| modules/finalproject/02-storytime.md | Workshop some user stories (INVEST + definitions of done + story splitting) |
| (see slack) | Healthcare.gov case |
| modules/web (Lesson 4) | finish CSS + Addendum |
| Git in Groups | Demo project in a group |
| modules/finalproject/03-sprint-planning.md | Sprint Planning Meeting (Demo) |
| Video | Reading | Coding | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| (optional) Getting started with your projects helper video and workflows file | Read Case part A, part B, and The Atlantic (see slack) + Dataviz video + Atlassian roundtable - practitioners discussing agile estimation (youtube) | Complete unfinished assignments (Python not just for unicorns, 16-22 and 24-27, lists & dictionaries) |
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| file | description |
|---|---|
| Standup Meeting (groups) | |
| modules/commandline | Command line lessons 2.5 - 4 |
| Principles of DataViz | Dhrumil's DataViz Slides + Rubric |
| modules/web/05-visualization.md | D3.js Visualization Examples |
| dataviz-with-gpt/ | Dataviz with ChatGPT |
| Video | Reading | Coding | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| -- | Finish Case part A & B and The Atlantic article | functions assignment | Sprint 1! |
| file | description |
|---|---|
| Standup Meeting (groups) | |
| -- | Healthcare.gov Case |
| -- | Review functions assignment |
| modules/data | Getting started with data in Python |
| Video | Reading | Coding | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| -- | -- | -- | Sprint 1 Due! Bring a hat 🧢 to class! |
| file | description |
|---|---|
| -- | Sprint Review |
| -- | Sprint Retrospective |
| -- | Santiago Garces (CIO of Boston 4-5pm ET - Section B) |
| Video | Reading | Coding | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| -- | -- | cli-filter | Sprint 2 begins! Have a StoryTime and Sprint Planning Meeting. |
| file | description |
|---|---|
| Standup Meeting | |
| cli-filter | |
| modules/web | Web & APIs |
| modules/data | Data in Python |
| Video | Reading | Coding | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| -- | Swartz Chapter 2 (p 9-13); Chapter 3 (all); Chapter 5 (p 31-36) | FEC-API | Sprint 2! |
| file | description |
|---|---|
| Standup Meeting | |
| FEC-API Homework review | |
| -- | David Zvenyach |
| web/10-goodbye.md | Wrapping up! |
| Video | Reading | Coding | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| -- | Course Evaluations! (on the canvas page for this class) | -- | Submit Project. Don't forget to fill out a Sprint Retrospective and any final reflection forms you'd like. |