Design meeting 2 report
By Ed Mitchell 21st December 2011
Ttech Skype meet: confirming the workflows and wireframes
Tuesday 20 Dec 21:00 UK time
Wednesday 21 Dec 08:00 AUS time
Jim Kirkpatrick
Laura Whitehead
Ed Mitchell
- Next meet: Monday 09/01/11, 21:00 UK Time, Tuesday 10/01/11, 08:00 Aus time
- Also read the report on the project wiki here
- See all project information on the project wiki
Actions by next team meet: 09/01/12
- Ed: start measurement requirements wiki page and add information
- Laura: add TN.org measurement requirements to wiki page
- Jim: review and edit project submission IA wiki page following meeting
- ALL: review and comment/edit workflows wiki page
- Laura: produce wireframes for project browsing in widget
- Laura: produce wireframes for project submission in widget
Longer term actions:
- Laura: set up wiki page and work on TN.org project profile IA
- Jim: maintain infrastructure thinking
- Ed: update alphas and betas with project status in new year
Strategic focus:
– Key points:
— Widget as very low barrier to entry/harvesting/outreach in the field
— Very simple moderation for webmasters at point of entry – but TN admin once it’s in TN projects directory (for now, hope to extend this)
— Project profile editing on TN.org to be richer experience designed to capture more about status than currently
Project item IA
https://tech.transitionnetwork.org/trac/ticket/372
https://wiki.transitionnetwork.org/Sharing_Engine/Project_Submission_IA
– AGREED: fields
– AGREED: submitter submits a project submission which is not a node, but either a webform or a separate CT – this is handled separately until the moderator approves it when it becomes a node, CT type project, and the user account is generated
– Discussion about project on TN.org which is changing in PSE stage 2 by Laura
– Discussion about how to balance quick information harvesting by widget with getting quality data and keeping moderation workflow simple
Webmaster workflow
https://tech.transitionnetwork.org/trac/ticket/373
https://wiki.transitionnetwork.org/Sharing_Engine/workflows
Generally agreed – not given too much attention
Item entry workflow and moderation workflow
https://tech.transitionnetwork.org/trac/ticket/374
https://tech.transitionnetwork.org/trac/ticket/379
https://wiki.transitionnetwork.org/Sharing_Engine/workflows
– Discussed in depth; Ed to add changes to wiki page to reflect discussion
– submission to not be a node in the main directory until approved by moderator/webmaster
– user acct to be set as authorised following approval
– project submission to be very very short to keep it simple and encourage more work on main site following approval
– Status suggestions from Jim to be embedded
Updating Project CT and display and workflow on TN
– Discussed in depth – needs a separate ticket and further discussion
– Ed keen to use it as opportunity to radically shorten an over-engineered project form
– Laura keen to use it as opportunity to introduce better workflow, engagement and find-ability
– Jim identified elements of Project Dirt project sheets as very useful – e.g. project needs (money, skills etc.)
– Laura agrees and is looking to introduce checklists in place of big text fields
– Ed setting up separate ticket
Tracking
– Going to need to track standard web metrics by widget
– Going to need to run admin reports on projects added and status by widget
– Going to need to run mgt reports on webmasters’ efficacy by response to moderation
Moderation discussion
– Jim sees a need to distribute moderation responsibility around TN
– Ed referred to lack of uptake on forum moderation in past
– Laura advised not to overload users
– Jim discusses stack overflow and user reward mechanisms for moderation
– Ed says webmasters are the group most likely to be moderators, and this project is the social enquiry into how to encourage users to do moderation
Wireframes for widget display and project item entry
https://tech.transitionnetwork.org/trac/ticket/375
https://tech.transitionnetwork.org/trac/ticket/377
– See discussion about Project CT above
Timeline
1. item IA done: agreed in design meet 21/12
2. workflows: discussed and to be edited from design meet 21/12
– on track
3. wireframes done by Christmas: confirm in next design meet 21/12
– Not done – work done on Project item on TN.org instead – Laura’s focus for early January
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4. basic visual suggestions done in early Jan…
5. infrastructure theory coming together mid Jan…
6. findability on TN.org and widget design early Jan…