At the End of the Day
This workshop is a short introduction to handing projects over, winding them down, and moving on. All of the material is available under an open license, and contributions through our repository are welcome. All participants are required to respect our Code of Conduct.
Learner Persona
- Vaida, 33, has a PhD in oceanography and now works as a data analyst for the Ministry of the Environment.
- Vaida has been collecting and publishing beach erosion data for the past six years. She also co-founded a volunteer group that teaches environmental science to high school students, and has been its leader for the past five years.
- Vaida is relocating to pursue a new career opportunity, so she wants to wind down her data collection project. She also wants the volunteer group to continue its work, but the only documentation of how it operates is one slide deck and a couple of out-of-date blog posts.
- Vaida is working hard to prepare for her new job, which means only has two or three hours a week for the next couple of months to put into tidying things up.
This workshop teaches Vaida how to shut down a project gracefully or hand one over to new leadership.
Syllabus
- Introduction: what this training does and doesn't cover.
- Handing Over: passing the torch to someone else.
- Shutting Down: because for every beginning there must be an end.
- Short Notice: what to do on short notice.
- Conclusion: looking back and next steps.
Appendices
Acknowledgments
- Greg Wilson is a programmer, author, and educator based in Toronto. He was the co-founder and first Executive Director of Software Carpentry and received ACM SIGSOFT's Influential Educator Award in 2020.
Many thanks to Yanina Bellini Saibene and Richard Littauer.
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