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tags: onboarding
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# RAM Month 1 Plan | January 2023

## Yann Sweeney - DCE RAM

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### Useful links

* [RAM repo](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/research-application-management)
* [RAM repo: onboarding folder](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/research-application-management/tree/main/onboarding)

### Overview

| Week | RAM Tasks Overview | DCE Tasks Overview |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| W1 | Join & get to know RAM/TPS/TTW communities | Read DCE materials & meet with DCE Programme Director |
| W2 | First contributions to RAM/TPS/TTW repos | Meet with DCE RPM & Start building RAM DCE resources |
| W3 | Present to RAM team | Start building RAM DCE resources |
| W4 | Feedback on RAM DCE resources from RAM team | Case Study: Open LIMB |

### Checklist

#### General Turing & TPS
- [ ] Attend HR/IT Onboarding
- [ ] Join Turing Slack Channels (e.g. appreciations, data-centric-eng, digital-twins, interesting-events, tps)
- [ ] Meet with a Community Manager
- [ ] Meet with a Data Steward
- [ ] Meet with a Research Engineering Group (REG) member
- [ ] Attend first TPS Coffee Chat
- [ ] Attend frist TTW Collaboration Cafe

#### RAM
- [ ] Complete tasks from the RAM [week 1 checklist](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/research-application-management/blob/main/onboarding/week1checklist.md)
- [ ] Meet with Jen & set up regular 1-1 check in times
- [ ] Review [RAM presentation](https://zenodo.org/record/7254836#.Y4oowuzP1oY)
- [ ] Create presentation for RAM team on a focus area of your choice from your prior work
- [ ] Read EDT white paper and review notes on [Digital Twins](https://hackmd.io/4mLh4KBzSIqFdhS9YZkWSw?view)
- [ ] Work with Jen to set up a RAM TRIC Working Group

#### DCE
- [ ] Read about the [DCE programme](https://www.turing.ac.uk/research/research-programmes/data-centric-engineering)
- [ ] Meet with DCE Programme Director Adam Sobey
- [ ] Meet with DCE Research Project Manager Katy Henderson
- [ ] Meet with DCE PDRAs (e.g. Domenic Di Francesco, Rebecca Ward, Lawrence Bull)
- [ ] Meet with TRIC members (e.g. David W & Keith W)
- [ ] Meet with DCE Partnerships lead - Mark Saunders
- [ ] Review DCE 6-12 month plan
- [ ] Share input on DCE 6-12 month plan

#### DCE RAM
- [ ] Create DCE programme stakeholder map using this [RAM template](https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVPXH3tNw=/)
- [ ] Case study: create example RAM action plan for [OpenLIMB](https://github.com/abel-research/OpenLimb)
- [ ] Draft plan for engaging DCE stakeholders by the end of March 2023 (e.g. Turing researchers, Turing leadership, industry partners, government partners)
- [ ] Work with DCE programme director to shortlist 3-5 projects of focus within the first year