[BioC] How do you keep track of your analyses

[Daniel Brewer]

Hello,

I am doing an increasing number of bioconductor analyses for various
people and I am starting to find it difficult to keep track of what I
have done previously.  A common question six months after the initial
analysis is something like "Can you do the same as x but change y".  Has
anyone got any idea on the best way to do this.

The essential components to keep track of are:
* input files
* R code used
* output files
* Description of what you aim to do.

The two possibilities that I can think of is:
1) Some structured directories e.g.
ProjectName_Person
	/Description.txt
	/Analysis1_date
		/InputFiles
		/Rcode
		/Output/Outputfiles

2) Some sort of personal wiki like TiddlyWiki

Its got to be searchable in some form too.

Any experiences in this realm?

Many thanks

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Daniel Brewer, Ph.D.

Institute of Cancer Research
Molecular Carcinogenesis
Email: daniel.brewer at icr.ac.uk
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