eclipse: building a stronger community summary of research proposal jonathon cummings tony...
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Eclipse: Building a Stronger
Community
Summary of Research Proposal
Jonathon CummingsTony O’Driscoll
Primary Research Question and Focus Areas
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What does it take to build a stronger community? What does it take to build a stronger community? What does it take to build a stronger community? What does it take to build a stronger community?
VALUESVALUES
ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES
TOOLSTOOLS
What values are most RELEVANT to community members?
What is the NATURE of community member work activity?
How are tools USED to conduct community work activity?
Values Questions (Fedora Example)
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Activities Questions (Fedora Example)
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Need a chart that introduces notion of Activities
Activity DescriptionAmbassadorial Spreading the word about the Project
Debugging Identifying or squashing bugs for the Project
Designing Designing artwork or fonts for the Project
Infrastructure Providing servers, tools, or utilities for the Project
Maintaining/Packaging
Maintaining a packaging for the Projects
Marketing Marketing the Project
Programming Developing code for the Project
Testing Testing packages for the Project
Translating Translating languages for the Project
Writing Writing Documentation for the Project
Other Other Projects not listed above
Nature of Work Activity Questions
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Need a chart that introduces notion of Activities
Activity DescriptionDuration Time spent on activity
Interdepedance Extent to which activity can be done alone
Resources Extent to which activity requires additional information
Stability Extent to which the activity is changing
Urgency Extent to which activity required immediate feedback
Difficulty Extent to which activity is challenging to do
Complexity Extent to which activity has interconnected parts
Novelty Extent to which activity is similar to something done before
Efficiency Extent to which activity process was efficient
Adherence Extent to which activity process adhered to a schedule
Quality Extent to which outcome was high quality
Success Extent to which outcome exceeded expectations
Communication and Workflow Tools
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Tool Questions
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•Solve Problems•Execute Tasks•Keep Track of Changes•Prioritize Effort•Organize Information
Research Analysis
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The research analysis consists of three discrete phasesThe research analysis consists of three discrete phasesThe research analysis consists of three discrete phasesThe research analysis consists of three discrete phases
DESCRIBE
DESCRIBE
CLUSTERCLUSTER
COMPARE
COMPARE
Describe survey findings
Cluster data into groupings based on factor analysis
Compare and contrast clusters
Research Benefits
Clarity around values (and value clusters) that matter most within and across roles
Clarity around the nature of the work activity (and work activity clusters) within and across roles
Clarity around the tools (and tool clusters) within and across roles
Clarity on alignment across Values, Practices and Tools within and across roles
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Research Project Stages
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InterviewsInterviewsSurvey
Development and Pilot
SurveyDevelopment
and PilotSurvey
DeploymentsSurvey
Deployments
SurveyData Analysis
SurveyData Analysis
Report
Report
Questions