📅 2023-10-21 — Session: Structured Roles and Economic Analysis for UBA Project

🕒 05:45–08:45
🏷️ Labels: Project Management, Economic Modeling, Recruitment, Data Science, Argentina
📂 Project: Business
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal: The session aimed to define roles and team structures for the Indice de Pobreza UBA project, and to explore economic modeling and analysis techniques.

Key Activities:

  • Outlined potential roles and profiles for recruitment, focusing on responsibilities and required skills.
  • Proposed a lean team structure for the project, combining roles to optimize efficiency.
  • Developed simplified volunteer roles in Spanish to attract younger individuals.
  • Crafted a README section inviting diverse participation in the project.
  • Created casual job role descriptions tailored for the Argentine context.
  • Revised job descriptions for data science, GIS, and development roles.
  • Conducted research on personal income and poverty in Argentina, linking to public policy.
  • Analyzed sectoral sales time series, focusing on decomposition and economic fluctuations.
  • Explored the impact of microshocks on sectoral sales through economic dynamics.
  • Discussed matrix notation for covariance representation in economic modeling.
  • Addressed real-world complexities in economic modeling, emphasizing firm dynamics.

Achievements:

  • Completed framework for team roles and recruitment strategy.
  • Developed insights into economic modeling and sectoral sales analysis.

Pending Tasks:

  • Further refinement of recruitment materials and economic models for implementation.