Activity

Plan Your Data Card Narrative

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Early Review Checklist

Review this checklist with your team before you fill out your Data Card to organize your documentation efforts, elist the help of stakeholders, and anticipate bottlenecks.

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Level
Basic
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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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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Basic
Recommended Duration
< 30 min

Define Key Takeaways

Decide what readers should walk away with from your Data Card.

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Theme
Prepare for transparency