Capstone Introduction (3.2)
Objective
For the Capstone Project, you will apply your learnings throughout the week to model a new life science process (rooted in AgBio - pun intended), from start to finish.
Working in groups , you will use provided requirements to design and build the data models and process models associated with this AgBio business process.
Each member of the group will create the entire process in their own L7|ESP instance.
At the end of the day, each group will walk through their completed process in a ~10 min presentation. During the presentation, your group should go over how you modeled the process and the rationale for the design choices you made along the way.
Learning Outcomes:
In this project, you will:
Model a new process from start to finish.
Leverage L7|ESP Expressions for Workflow data links.
Add Protocol Actions to sync field data to an Entity.
Work through “big picture” design concepts/considerations, such as:
What Entity Types will be submitted to and created during the process?
What is the relationship between these Entity Types?
What resources can be stored in a Container?
How many resources can be stored per location?
In what quantity and units are Inventory Items consumed?
When should you create a shared (Protocol) field?
When will Entities transition to the next Workflow and which Entities will transition?
Introduction to Plant Life Cycle
Planted seeds develop into seedlings that sprout above the surface of the soil and mature into plants. For flowering plants, the flowers themselves are the plant’s reproductive organs. Once a flower is pollinated, it produces pods that contain seeds that restart the cycle.
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How Environmental Stress Affects Plants
For plants to grow, they require three components: light, water, and nutrients from the soil.
Changes in light, water, and nutrients can affect the plant’s overall growth and reproductive success. When under stress, some plants will focus their energy on growth and survival, while others will divert their energy to reproducing as quickly as possible.
Capstone Process - Plant Stress Response
For the Capstone Project, you will be modeling a process used to research how plant growth and reproduction are affected by different stress treatments. Below is a high level process flow diagram that lists the procedural requirements, the Entity relationship created during the process, and the Containers and Items used.
Note
The primary objective of this project is to give you additional exposure creating content covered throughout the week. This project aims to capture a AgBio process at a high level, without focusing too much on the science or real-life accuracy of the process.
Capstone Roadmap
For this project you will create the content incrementally using the prompts provided at each step. A Google Sheet will be provided to each group to organize your design decisions.
Step 1 ( Data Models): design, construct, and test Entity, Container, and Item Types.
Step 2 ( Process Models): design and construct Protocols and Workflows.
Step 3 ( Protocol Extensions): add Protocol Actions and Workflow Data Links.
Step 4 ( Workflow Chain): create and test the Workflow Chain.
Step 5: Group presentations