If taxonomies are integral to Project Index then adoption user research is key to planning broad deployment.
Action Items:
Talk with project leads at our brigades and find out:
Are they are willing to use a common taxonomy?
Do they approve of the current taxonomy or do they have changes to it?
How do they want to contribute to an updated Taxonomy?
How should we handle updating taxonomy (e.g., updating LGBT to LGBTQ to LGBTQ+ or LGBTQI, etc) after projects have integrated older terminology into whatever data standard Project Index requires?
This is currently on hold because we need to review issues codeforamerica/civic-tech-taxonomy#22 and codeforamerica/civic-tech-taxonomy#21 before I talk directly to my project leads.
Overview
If taxonomies are integral to Project Index then adoption user research is key to planning broad deployment.
Action Items:
Talk with project leads at our brigades and find out: