We're building a platform that inspires people to build cool software project ideas that will follow the Dev Launchers ethos. This platform will be able to take in ideas from members of Dev Launchers, display these ideas for other users to interact with, and finally allow members to adopt others' ideas.

Often people have ideas that they do not have the bandwidth to address. These ideas will be further fleshed out by engaging members of the community. With our idea hub, we can brainstorm better, interact with other members' dream software projects, and build more together!

Target Audience

Who:

• Dev Launchers between 18–54 years of age who want to bring their ideas or collaborate on other Dev Launcher’s ideas.
• For more information check out our User Personas & user journey maps (WIP) in FigJam.

Why:

• • Help Dev Launchers workshop their ideas to a point where they have the green light to recruit.
• • Help Dev Launchers learn new tech skills by pairing them with experienced members and working on real life projects.

What:

• • Web responsive app

How:

• To access IdeaSpace, Dev Launcher’s members can go to the Dream category on the Dev Launchers website.

Core Features

• Submit a new idea project
• Like (vote), save and share an idea project
• Search, browse and filter ideas
• View an idea project detail
• Workshop and collaborate on other people’s ideas
• Submit project ideas for review by Dev Launchers
• Get ideas approved to become official Dev Launchers projects
• My ideas dashboard
• Receive email and platform notifications (platform notifications are scope of the centralized teams)

Target Devices

• Desktop (95% of our audience)
• iPhone (4%)
• iPad (1%)

Target Browsers

• Chrome (77% of our audience)
• Microsoft Edge (16%)
• Safari (2.81%)
• Firefox (1.31%)
• Opera (0.54%)

Dependencies

• User Profile : Our platform has a dependency with the User Profile project, a social networking web-based system whose purpose is to centralize all Dev Launchers accounts and information.
• Universal design & Platform Enablement teams : IdeaSpace uses many of the UI components and follows the Dev Launcher’s design system standards developed by the Platform enablement team. For more info you can check Dev Launcher’s style guide.
• Backend team: Our project relies on the Backend team for the development and maintenance for the behind-the-scenes functionality that makes our IdeaSpace platform run.

Agile - Our Definition of Done (DoD)

The Definition of Done represents our team members' commitment to high quality incremental delivery. It creates transparency by including all of the characteristics and standards an Increment needs to meet in order to be released.

Our Definition of Done (DoD):

• Code reviewed
• Acceptance criteria met
• Functional Test passed (Smoke test)
• Non-functional requirements met (e.g. UX)
• Product owner accepts the user story (done column)

Helpful Resources

Product related:

• DL - IdeaSpace - One Metric That Matters (OMTM) & OKRs (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MGRozEpjeskg1PsgiYkwU06bwHYAvWdJGHJF0Su32yU/edit?usp=sharing)
• [Success metrics] (.XLS)(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ulsX6jQ__OoXBbONKxZTT53gFNZPUzQcpi7jBpq2G0Y/edit#gid=573948202)
• Competitor audit(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZGeUO_RWOCeg5T0AIYaEBhEg7yCmvQ1tj1fdW7M2CCs/edit#gid=0)

UX Research and Design related:

• Dev Launchers Brand Book
• Design System Figma (V2.) - Updated: 03/16/2024
  • Design System Styleguide: How to Consume Components from the Styleguide? (video tutorial)
  • • Design System Styleguide: How to Link and Update Library? (video tutorial)
• User Personas & User Journey Maps](https://www.figma.com/file/wZOu3DawCKymngV9WLJ4Q3/DL-IdeaSpace---Personas-%2B-user-journey?node-id=0%3A1)

Development related:

• Github Repository
• Github Sprint branch - where all of the team's current changes live while a sprint is ongoing.
• Storybook Interactive Shared Component Library - Owners: Platform Enablement team
• "How to use Storybook within the Dev Launchers project" - in Dev Launcher's Github wiki

For Team members and our Key Stakeholders:

For Project Visibility and Progress Tracking

• Agile Sprints Presentation (PPT): This presentation explains how we’ve broken down the project into smaller, manageable chunks called sprints. It outlines the goals and deliverables for each sprint, providing transparency into the project phases.
• Story Map (FIGMA): This interactive document visually depicts our features and functionalities planned for the product, categorized by user personas. It helps our stakeholders to easily understand how the project caters to different user needs.

Project documentation:

• IdeaSpace documentation - spreadsheet that stores and centralizes all our project management, development and UX research documentation, information architecture maps, UX designs, etc.