A+ Project grading

A+ Grading Eligibility Checklist

The following goals were agreed upon on February 19 as required elements for earning an A+ in the final project for the Digital Dairy Management and Data Analytics course (Instructor: M. Hostens).

At the end of the course—after the final presentation with the farm manager —these checkboxes can be validated.

Requirement	Completed?	By when
Data agreement in place and signed by all parties	☐	February 19th 2026
Data quality (including inventory check)	☐	February 19th 2026
Dataset organized Safe place organized Definition of what data needed are clear FAIR principles are used Naming conventions are in place and used	☐	March 1st 2026
Questions* defined	☐	March 15th 2026
Presentation Covered 90% of questions addressed by March 15th Every student has equal contribution in the presentation	☐
Peer feedback the day after the presentation Roundtable discussion good/bad Dr. Hostens will give final feedback/mark	☐
Ask the farmer if each member of the team showed professional attitude in all interactions	☐
DiSC profiling implemented for each team member	☐

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*Questions from the farm manager

• Milk production (defined on …)

  • Provide long term milk yield analysis, including ECM and components, and analysis for a seasonal effect

  • Do changes in components compensate

  • What is the evolution of the relative production of heifers versus cows

  • Visualize lactation curves per parity

  • Are cows in the tie stall vs free stalls producing differently

• Inventory clarifications:

  • Are DC305 inventory correct for stall numbers/cow numbers

  • DHI herd summary said that 88 death cows in last year, correct?

  • Is the herd actually shrinking

  • Death loss

    • What’s going on?

• Reproduction

  • TBD

Notes

• This table should be reviewed jointly by the team, the farmer(s), and Professor Hostens following the final presentation.
• The checklist is meant to support transparency, self‑reflection, and assessment alignment.