Dale’s Unit One Reflection Blog
Writing the original definitions of the term “standup” was a straightforward process since I am familiar with the term both from school and work. As such, I was able to write both the parenthetical and sentence definitions from personal experience. The expanded definition, however, required me to also expand my knowledge base by researching the etymological, historical, operational and analytical aspects of the term. I found this process solidified my understanding of the term “standup” in context with the overarching concept of agile development.
The peer review was an interesting process as I both learned about the term angioplasty and was able to think more deeply about what makes a definition effective. I found my partner’s definition to be quite good overall, and quite well organized into sections with headers, which is something I didn’t do in my piece. I did find some of the words and transitions used a little confusing, as well as having some difficulty understanding how a “stent” fits into the definition of “angioplasty”, so I made some suggestions on how to make those explanations more clear in the revised version.
As for the peer review section, my partner was professional and polite and made some constructive suggestions on how to improve my definitions. Specifically, they suggested I make some edits for conciseness, which I did, as well as correcting my citations to match MLA style. They even included a suggestion on where to find this MLA information, which was very helpful. They also suggested changing the visual to be more specific to standups, which I considered but ultimately decided against since the visual I chose served the purpose of providing important context of where a standup falls into the agile framework that would be difficult to explain without an image. Without the context of the rest of the agile framework, an image of a “standup” alone, whatever that may be, felt like it would be too specific to add much value to the definition.
Dale’s Revised Definitions can be found here.
Harvey’s Peer Review of Dale’s Definitions can be found here.