Activity

Early Review Checklist

Resources

See also

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Plan Your Data Card Narrative

Use a table to determine the framing and nuance of your Data Card for your reader. Refer to this heuristically as you fill out your Data Card to stay on track or course-correct.

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Level
Moderate
Recommended Duration
< 1 hr
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Heuristics Scorecard

Use a set of heuristics designed to identify opportunities to improve the overall experience of your Data Card. Use these to identify common pitfalls and critical action items.

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Level
Basic
Recommended Duration
< 30 min
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Limitations, Benefits & Uses

Systematically work through the benefits, limitations, and related applications of your dataset using attributes that are intrinsic to the dataset and contextual to the domain of application.

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Level
Advanced
Recommended Duration
> 1 hr
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Root Cause Analysis

Use a fishbone diagram to work through different factors that can cause undesirable outcomes when your dataset is used.

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Advanced
Recommended Duration
> 1 hr
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Scenarios of Maturity

Use this checklist to think through and plan for a variety of scenarios in which you will need to update your Data Card.

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Level
Basic
Recommended Duration
< 30 min

Plan the Work

Create a plan and distribute the answering of questions in your Data Card.

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Theme
Prepare for transparency