rjeantet
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5 months ago Hi @Rustingheart , thanks for submitting this new idea 👍🏼
As this project idea relies strongly on data exploration and visualization, team constitution and project roadmap will have some specificities. Here are a few pointers:
1. Discovery & Project definition:
A significant part of UX role is to help define the audience (who needs this problem solved), then validate the assumptions (how the idea will help solve the problem), before designing the solution and finally testing it.
It will probably help fellow techies to project themselves into the idea if you could add some details regarding those points. One way you can solve this is by trying the exercise of summing up the idea into a one-sentence pitch, like this: "The project Mass Protest Cross Countries is developing [a defined offering] to help [a defined audience] [solve a problem].”
Going through these steps will greatly help define the goals, scope, and features of the project.
- [x] try this exercise having in mind your audience (researchers? students? politically engaged people...etc...?) and the why they need this solution (prevent protests from crossing borders? Or on the contrary encourage protests to go viral...etc...)
2. App features and track requirements:
At this stage, because the project idea focuses mostly on displaying data, there would not be necessarily a need for user and authentication management. Also since there is no potentially sensitive data to handle, the API requests could be handled directly client side talking with the DS python server. This being said,
- Try thinking about and listing the potential for feature expansion, such as adding user-generated content or social sharing capabilities, as this will impact the need for WD backend or not.
- The Track requirements for DS involve the implementation of some machine learning algorithm. Here to Try to think of use case and features that would involve them (predictive analysis...etc...)
- [x] Create a list of "(3-4) must-have" and additional "nice-to-have" features.
3. Design & Collaboration
Creating the graphs and visualization is a crucial part of this project. A typical design process starts with UX designing high-fidelity wireframes and providing them to devs to implement UI and connect API's. In this case, whereas UX still holds full freedom regarding the global app design, the approach regarding the data visualization will probably be slightly different:
- After exploring data, DS tells UX what is available to use
- UX (in collaboration with DS), defines the type of charts needed
- WD frontend investigates those charts and libraries to be implemented (for example Recharts, nivo...etc...)
- Within the design constraints of the library chosen, UX defines styling
- WD frontend implements the UI
- In parallel DS setup the python server and WD frontend & DS work together on connecting the API for data retrieval
- [x] No action is needed here, simply recommendations on how to organize the work within team members on the specific subject of data design.
4. Project scope
This goes along with the project definition. You are mentioning possible different datasets. For the project to be clearly defined, ideally you would try focusing the thought process on the problem you want to solve first, and then only the subject of the dataset.
I reckon that was quite a lot of insights!! I hope it helps! Do not hesitate if you have additional questions :)
Rustingheart
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What is your project's name?
Mass Protest Cross Countries
What's the problem you are trying to solve?
Analyzing when is a Protest swaping over to Cross Borders? When does it stay Regional ?
What's your idea for a solution to the given "problem"?
Looking at Protests that went " Viral" like "Un Violador in Tu Camino" that started in a small town in Valparaíso and went until the Norwegian Parliamant and further.
Which tracks do you think could be involved?
DL/DS, WD, UX
How do you imagine Deep Learning and/or Data Science could contribute to this project?
Data Science can contribute in Alayzing the Data: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/MMdata https://poldem.eui.eu/data-overview/ And searching for patterns or timing of Protest that spread the world.
How do you imagine User Experience Design could contribute to this project?
UX has the role of making this Data clear and easily readable and presentable. That people are excited to be on our Webpage
How do you imagine Web Development could contribute to this project?
WD would be responsible to make our Website. To see all the Data we have Analyzed to connect links to the resources we used .....
What are the most important challenges & bottlenecks of your project?
To find the connections cross countries. To be able to present our found Analyzations
What are the most important success factors of your project?
Finding a way to present the found data in an appealing easy Form. Connecting the Dots of the Data. Finding the right Data to make this visible( Maybe my links are enough ?)
Share your resources here:
https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/MMdata https://poldem.eui.eu/data-overview/
Do you have any other remarks?
I have been thinking of Analyzing different Data: 1.Mass Protest: I have found most Data Sets ... I have other DatSets in mind I could imagine Analyzing as well. 2.Single Parenting> which Jobs are more accessible for sole Caretakers? What is affecting this accesibility? This website from a friend is an inspiration: https://re-dance.work/team/ But I have not really found accessible Data especially if you look at Intersectional Perspectives as Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality.