Below are sample timelines of common mentoring projects that can help identify if a group is on-track to finish or not.
Data visualization / mapping project
By end of Week 1
The data needed for the project have been collected.
The trainer provides the participants with options and resources to determine what data visualization or mapping technique works best with the project they are doing.
By end of Week 2
The group sends the first draft of the data visualization/map
The trainer provides possible improvements to the data visualization/map
By end of Week 3
The group sends the second draft of the data visualization
The group and trainer test the draft visualizations/maps by showing it to possible users/audience and getting feedback.
By end of Week 4
The group and trainer finalize the data visualization based on the feedback from the user test.
The short report about the project is finished.
Geospatial analysis project
By end of Week 1
The data needed for the project have been collected.
The trainer provides the group with options and resources to determine the next steps for doing the geospatial analysis such as how to pre-process the data and what processing steps to use.
By end of Week 2
The group have prepared the data for processing.
By end of Week 3
The group have performed initial processing and have preliminary results.
Trainer provides feedback and suggestions to refine the results or how to display the results as a visualization/map.
By end of Week 4
The geospatial analysis and visualization/maps are finalized.
The short report about the project is finished.
Modelling / programming project
By end of Week 1
Data needed for the project have been collected.
The process that will be modelled/automated/programmed has been identified.
The trainer provides the group with resources about the different processing algorithms that can be used, the QGIS Graphical Modeller, or Python scripting in QGIS.
By end of Week 2
The group can perform the process manually in QGIS.
The group sends a step-by-step guide or flowchart of how the process is done in QGIS.
The trainer shows how a model is made or how a script is written in QGIS.
By end of Week 3
The participants have converted the manual process into a QGIS model or Python script.