4.1 Survey the existing landscape
- Be sure that the package doesn’t overlap too much with existing packages:
- Is there an existing package that does what you need?
- Could you contribute to a similar, existing package to add the functionality you need?
- Payoffs:
- Product: your life will be better when this functionality is implemented formally, in a package.
- Process: greater mastery of R will make you more effective in your work.