Project Meeting 2017.02.17

HH and employment pilot modules

@Brian revised the development branch of the VE package
Revised and tested the HouseholdSim package
Revised and tested the VisionEvalSyntheticFirms package
- Needed to split VisionEvalSyntheticFirms into a base and future year module
Can now reference multiple datastores in the model setup
@Ben - review pilot modules and merge all VE projects back into this repo for easier management in the future

@Ben updated User-Interface-Design for review by team
Need to decide on an approach / technology before moving forward
@Jeremy wants to see a structured description of the data flow / API as part of the user interface design
@Jeremy wants to ensure our deliverable is something to build-on; not something done quickly to satisfy project budget, which might be thrown away later on
We decided to try an R-based client-side application to stay within the programming language family and to avoid issues with installation, admin rights, etc.

RSG has spent about 1/3 of its budget
OSA has spent about 1/3 of its budget
In terms of remaining budget, we can probably build a reasonable GUI/Visualizer and complete the RSPM translation (with simplified vehicle models)

We need to translate the current functionality 1:1 eventually
@Ben create RPAT current + future functionality page
@CH, RSG, OSA - develop scope, schedule, and budget by next Wed (2/22) for getting RPAT back up to a usable product to share with others

@Volpe - planning to setup a VisionEval GitHub organization account and to add contractors as owners during their contract period so they can help manage the effort. Contributors will be added to the organization as well.