Chapter 30 — Project review and next steps
Lesson map
Lesson 30 published. Map, example, EX088.
flowchart TD
N0["Learning outcomes"]
N1["30.1 Presentation"]
N2["30.2 Feedback"]
N3["30.3 Reflection"]
N4["30.4 Next steps"]
N0 --> N1 --> N2 --> N3 --> N4
N4 --> EX["Worked example"]
EX --> Q["Exercise EX088"]
Logical drawing
flowchart LR
N0["Learning outcomes"]
N1["30.1 Presentation"]
N2["30.2 Feedback"]
N3["30.3 Reflection"]
N4["30.4 Next steps"]
N0 --> N1 --> N2 --> N3 --> N4 --> Q["EX088"]
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[Worked example] --> [Exercise EX088]
Learning outcomes
You will (1) present an applied project for assessment; (2) reflect on learning across the course; (3) plan a technologist career.
30.1 Presentation
Ravi presents his project to Ms. Moreau, an external assessor and Mrs. Okonjo. He shows the problem, baseline, causes, changes, results and handover. The assessor asks how he knows the improvement came from his changes rather than seasonal variation. Ravi explains that his synthetic data cannot answer that, and that the steward's monthly monitoring over a year will. The assessor appreciates his honesty about what the project can claim. Mrs. Okonjo confirms that monitoring is already scheduled and that the first results will be shared with Eastgate.
30.2 Feedback
The assessors praise his clear causes analysis and practical handover. They suggest that he could have involved contractors earlier in designing changes, as one contractor initially resisted. Ravi agrees and notes it for future projects. Mrs. Okonjo says the hourly transfer has already reduced unnecessary tenant calls, according to call handlers, though she agrees that measured evidence will follow from the monitoring. Ravi thanks the assessors for their comments and records them in his journal, together with a note on how he would involve contractors in the design of his next project.
30.3 Reflection
Ravi reflects on three years: from scripts and SQL to validation, lineage, access control, pseudonymisation, retention, incidents and projects. He values the habits of asking who owns a decision, checking data at the source and documenting work so others can continue it. He notes that governance became concrete through practical tasks, and that technical work gained purpose once he understood whom it served. He also notes that his confidence in explaining technical issues to managers grew most during the placement, and that this skill will matter in his future work.
30.4 Next steps
Ravi accepts a job as a data technologist at Calder Valley. Ms. Moreau encourages him to keep learning, perhaps later taking a bachelor's degree part-time. She reminds him that his role will often involve noticing problems first and raising them with evidence. The next course in this area turns to privacy and data protection, where governed data meet the rights of the people they describe. Ravi thanks Ms. Moreau and Mrs. Okonjo, and starts his new role the following month with a plan to extend the check library to rent data.
Worked example
Ravi presents his project honestly about seasonality, accepts feedback to involve contractors earlier, reflects on three years of practical governance and joins Calder Valley as a data technologist.
Synthetic case. The review is synthetic.
Errors and limits
Claiming effects synthetic data cannot show undermines credibility.
Exercises
- EX088 — Seasonality answer. How will seasonality be addressed? Rubric: 3 = the steward's monthly monitoring over a year;; 2 = partly correct;; 1 = vague;; 0 = none.
- EX089 — Assessor suggestion. What did assessors suggest? Rubric: 3 = involve contractors earlier;; 2 = partly correct;; 1 = vague;; 0 = none.
- EX090 — Ravi's job. What job does Ravi accept? Rubric: 3 = data technologist at Calder Valley;; 2 = partly correct;; 1 = other;; 0 = none.
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