sust innovation lab seminar on 9th january 2013

Accelerating Development through Innovation:

A Snapshot from Sudan University of Science and Technology

Seminar by Innovation Lab Pilot Project at theComputer Centre

9th January 2013

“Traditional development thinking has held that attempts to reach the very poorest, especially in

remote areas, are too costly and too difficult. But new technology and innovations are making it

easier to reach the most deprived ... Focusing on the most disadvantaged is right in principle and right in

practice.”

Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director

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An Innovation Lab: A Technology for Development Approach

• National facility set up by UNICEF to support to support the work of UNICEF and governments by building local technological capacities for humanitarian development

• Defined as “... a space and set of protocols for engaging young people, technologists, private sector, and civil society in problem-solving.”

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COLLABORATIVE SPACE

Sudan University Innovation Lab Pilot Project Seminar

Source: Innovation Labs - A Do-it-yourself Guide - Version 1. Oct. 2012

Different Projects ... Different Lab Models

09/01/2013 4Sudan University Innovation Lab Pilot Project SeminarSource: Innovation Labs - A Do-it-yourself Guide - Version 1. Oct. 2012

Which Innovation Lab model?

Lab Models

1. Innovation Lab Kosovo

2. Uganda Innovation Lab

3. CCORE Zimbabwe Lab

4. Copenhagen Innovation Lab

5. IHUB Malagasy and UNICEF

Projects

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1. Outreach/Training

2. Product Development

3. Service Development

4. Operational Research

5. Broadcasting Content

SUST Lab is located in University


Innovation Lab Pilot Project in Sudan

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Information Flow For Project Management Information Flow for Innovation Development

Consultant

Sudan University for Science & Technology

University ofKhartoum

School Kits Vaccination

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Innovation Lab Pilot Project in Sudan

September 2012

October November December January2013

February

WorkingGroups

ProjectTeam

CampusCoordinators

CampusCoordinators

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March

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Campus

Coordinator

Knowledge

Coach

Social

Media

Coordinator

Development

Team Leader

Requirements

Engineer

Coordinator

SCRUM

Master

Design Leader

Quality Assurer

Test Leader

Coding Leader

Assistant Assistant Assistant Assistant

@ SUST


Campus Coordinator

• Duaa Mohammed

– Campus Coordinator (Oct. – End).

– SCRUM Working Group (Oct.).

– SCRUM Team and Quality team

Support (Dec.).


Requirements Team

• Alaa Abdalla

– Related Work Group (Oct.);

– Req. Team Leader (Nov. – End).

– Development Team Support (Jan.).

• Marib Ahmed

– Req. Team Member (Nov. – End).

– Test. Team Member (Jan.).


Snapshot from Requirements document(SRS)

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Scrum Team

• Asma Misbah


– SCRUM Master (Nov. – End).

– Development Team Support (Dec.).

• Duaa Mohamed

– SCRUM Team Support


Snapshot from SCRUM Document


Development Team

• Ahmed Murtada

– RapidSMS Group (Oct.).

– Dev. Team Leader (Nov. – end).

– Coding Team Leader (Nov. – end).

• Development Support:

– Alaa Abdalla (coding team)


Design Team

• Sara Ahmed

– RapidSMS working Group (Oct.).

– Design Team Leader (Nov. – end).

– Knowledge coach(Nov. – end).

• Mariam Ahmed


– Design Team Member (Nov. – end).


Cont…

• Samah Abdullah



• Wefag Abdalgader




Snapshot from Design Documents


Coding Team

• Ahmed Murtada

-Coding Team Leader (Nov. – end).

• Eman Abuobeida


– Coding Team Member (Nov. – end).

• Eman Mohamed




Cont…

• Najat Bakhit



• Tayba Elsideg




Testing Team

• Marib Ahmed– Related Work Group (Oct.).

– Requirement Team Member (Nov . – End).

– Testing Team Leader (Nov . – End.).

• Salma Mahjob– SCRUM Working Group (Oct.).

– Testing Team Member (Nov . – Dec.).

– Development Team Support (Jan.).


Snapshot from Testing Documents


Quality Team

• Elaf Mohamed


– Quality. Team Leader (Nov. – end).

• Duaa Mohamed

– Quality. Team Support (Jan.).


Snapshot from Quality Document


Knowledge Management

• Sara Ahmed.

– RapidSMS working group(Oct.)

– Design team

– Knowledge Coach Assistant (Collaborated with Abdelkareem – U. of Khartoum Innovation Lab).


Snapshot from


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Social Media & Activities

• Hanaa Abdalmonem


– Social Media Leader (Nov. – end).

• Mojahid Sorkatti


– Social Media Member (Nov. – end).


System Requirements


Software requirement specification document (SRS)

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Product Scope


Product Functions

1. Remind mother of vaccination appointments after the child is given the zero dose and registered.

2. Receive feedback from mother about adverse reaction of vaccines on child; and on availability of health service.

3. Receive feedback from health worker at vaccination point on vaccinations administered at a defined interval; and on the status of vaccines quantity in health facility store.


Product Functions (Cont.)

4. Send aggregated data (from 2 and 3) reports to MoH.

5. Send aggregated data (from 3) reports to UNICEF.

6. Send feedback to mother and health worker (on 2 and 3) from MoH.

7. Send awareness messages during immunization campaigns to a defined set of receivers by MoH.

8. Provide access to data collected via web-based interface to MoH and UNICEF users.


Functionality we are working on:

• The system shall receive feedback from mother about adverse reaction of vaccines on child; and on availability of health service.

• The system shall send reminders to mother of vaccination appointments scheduled after the zero dose.

• The system shall send awareness messages during immunization campaigns to a defined set of receivers by MoH.


The Current functions we working at :

• The system shall receive feedback from mother

• The system shall send reminders to mother

• The system shall send awareness messages


How the system works?

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Government & UNICEF Partners

- EPI/MoH/UNICEF Officers

The Central System sends feedback to message sender

Aggregated data is published to secure website and periodically sent t key stakeholders

System users send on vaccines administered at health facility


Mother

Health Worker

Software Project Management using SCRUM


SMS Based monitoring System

• SMS server (receive, send).

• 3 kinds of SMSs (Reminder, awareness, feedback).

• 5 sources of SMSs (UNICEF, health worker, Ministry of Health, Vaccination Centre, Mothers).

• Reporting mechanism(web-based and RapidSMS).


Product backlog draft (Version 2)


• sending SMSs. "by development team“ “Ongoing”

• receiving SMSs. "by development team“ “Ongoing”

• language issue. "by development team“ “Done”

• determine the SMSs formats. "by design. team“ “Done”

• design the DB architecture. "by design. team“ “Done”

• The Outcome : Demo of SMS server.

1. Basic functionalities of server & DB architecture.

Duration : 27-11 ____ 10-1

(44 days)

• implementing the DB design.“Done”

• Determine SMSs kind. “Done”

• Determine the SMSs sources. “Done”

• filling up the DB. “Ongoing”"collaborative work by dev. & design"

• The Outcome : full integrated DB & SMS server.

2. Building the DB & SMSs classification

Duration :10-1_____20-1

(10 days)

• By SMSs.

• By web-based solution. "collaborative work by dev. & design"

• The Outcome : SMS or web site.

3. Feedback & Reporting mechanism

Duration : 20_______30

(1days )

Gantt Chart


Three Types of Meetings

• Sprint planning meeting

• Daily scrum meeting

• Sprint review meeting


Daily SCRUM MeetingTime:15 minutes

team members, Scrum Master, product owner

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Software Development Work

• Starting …

• Team Description

• Where are we?


Starting ...

1. Build knowledge base about RapidSMS, django framework and how to install it.

2. More practicing for Python.

3. Be Familiar with Linux OS (Ubuntu).

4. Divided into 4 teams based on experience.


Software Releases

• RapidSMS 0.9.0

• Django 1.4

• Python 2.7.3

• MySQL 5.5

• Ubuntu 12.4


Development Team Description

The development team compose to four parts:

- Design team.

- Coding team.

- Testing team.

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System Design


Use Case Diagram

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Sequence Diagram


Class Diagram class class

mother

+ child_birthdate: int

- child_no: int

+ gender: char

+ healthcenter_no: int

+ mother_address: char

- phone_no: int

+ feadback() : void

+ mothernumber() : void

+ remind() : void

healthcenter

+ HC_name: char

- number: int

+ State_no: char

+ superviser_phone: int

+ feadback() : void

+ registration() : void

+ remind() : void

message

- message _format: char

- message_ no: int

+ message_date: int

+ message_type: int

1..* 1..*

1..* *...1


Vaccination System Tables

dm table

mother

«column»

* child_birthdate: DATE

* child_no: INTEGER

* healthcenter_no: INTEGER

* ph_no: INTEGER

* motheradd: NVARCHAR(50)

+ feedback()

+ reminder()

+ awarness()

health center

«column»

* healthcenter_ no: INTEGER

* state_no: INTEGER

* supervisor_phone: INTEGER

«proc»

+ feedback()

+ reminder()

+ registeration()

message

«column»

*PK message_no

* message_date

* message_type

* message_format

«PK»

+ PK_message()


Deployment Diagram


Design Interface


Coding


What are the challenges :

Learn new techniques:


RapidSMS Architecture


Solving Problems


RapidSMS Configuration

• Operating System (Ubuntu).

• Install Django framework.

• Install RAPIDSMS Packages.

• Install Database System.


Configuration the modem with the RapidSMS:


Where are we?

First:We study about every thing we need and prepare our selves for coding, then We install and bring every thing we need to create our project.

Second:we install the RapidSMS and Django and some other things including the database.. And then testing the main page of RapidSMS.


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Snapshot


Third:creating Database tables.


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Next Steps

• Test the sending and receiving messages.

• Finishing the interfaces.


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Outside support

• Local support

• International support

– Mailing list (google group)

– IRC channel (#rapidsms)


Software Testing


Testing Team Tasks

Prepare test plan document

Prepare test scenario document

Prepare test case document

Prepare test log document


Test Plan Document

Test Plan Objectives: A system test plan for the UNICEF Vaccination system should support the following objectives:

1. To detail the activities required to prepare for and conduct the system test.

2. To communicate to all responsible parties the tasks that they are to perform and the schedule to be followed in performing the tasks.

3. To define the sources of the information used to prepare the plan.

4. To define the test tools and environment needed to conduct the system test.


Test Scenario Document

Test case #:1.0 test case name: mothers awareness messageSystem : vaccination system subsystem:_______Designed by: Maarib Ahmed Altigani Design Date: 23/12/2012Executed by: Executed Date:Short description:Vaccination system will monitor the awareness message that will send to mothers which encourages them to get vaccines because of its importance of getting it on time.

Pre-condition : Mobil phone and cell phone for every health worker and mothers. Network access to all phones. Mother’s phone must be registered in our system.Post –condition: System receives confirmation messages when the sent message is received. Count the number of sent message and the confirmation message that received.


Next Step Needs

Transaction document

Logical database model

Service and functions document (system inventory)

External interface


Quality Assurance


What is Quality?

Quality is important to businesses but can be quite hard to define.

A good definition of quality is:“Quality is about meeting the needs and

expectations of customers”


Quality Reviews

Involves checking the software development process to ensure that procedures and standards are being followed.


Vaccination System Quality Attributes

The following quality attributes apply to the overall system (regarded as quality requirements or constraints that are imposed on how the system is developed).

1. Performance requirements.

2. Interface requirements.

3. Maintainability requirements.

4. Inter-operability requirement.


Quality Phases

Phases Done:

1. Initialization Phase.

2. Requirement Phase.

3. Preliminary Design Phase.

4. Detailed Design Phase.

Phases Ongoing:

5. Implementation Phase.

6. Integration and Testing Phase.

7. Acceptance and Delivery Phase.


Characteristics of Quality Requirement Statements

Requirement Review Checklist:

Characteristics Yes No Not Available

Correct

Feasible

Necessary

Prioritized

Unambiguous

Verifiable


Quality of Design

Use Case Diagram:Syntax Checks For Use Case Diagrams Yes No N/A

1. Does the use case have a proper name?

2. Is the use case name verb-like?

3. Is the use case named from the point of view the actor?

4. Does the use case have an actor? (This is not mandatory if

it is an included or extended use case).

5. Ensure that the line showing the communication between

the actor and use case is correctly shown as a

thin, continuous line.


Quality of Coding

Code Review Checklist For Python Language:

Deviation Objective Yes No NA

1. Does the code correctly implement the design?

2. Does the code implement more than the design?

3. Is every parameter of every method passing mechanism (value or reference) appropriate?

4. Does every method return the correct value at every method return point?


Management of Innovation Lab’s Knowledge


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The Beginning …

• The UNICEF project and the new knowledge area’s

• The first step we did was the pre-questionnaire so we can assess the learning of our team

• The questionnaire results show that it is completely new concepts, tools and platforms as we will see in the following graph

• Our second step is a data collection from different teams, we collect all generated manuals, presentations, and even source files we used

• we use Dropbox to make the presentations and manuals be accessible to all as a knowledge sharing value

• Following are the questionnaire results:


Results of Questionnaires for before start the project

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

tech4dev scrum python ubuntu Django

nill

V.littel

little

fair

Good


Results of Questionnaire for after start the project

0

5

10

15

20

25

tech4dev scrum python ubuntu Django

idontknow

iunderst

iam skilled

idontknw


Way forward

• We intend to build our Lessons learned system and skills database.

• In term of this we chose our lessons learned template and we design our Excel sheet for the skills.

• Following is the lessons learned life-cycle and a snapshot for the lessons learned template that we will use.


Phases of lesson learned


Innovation Lab’s Social Media & Activities



14 Nov. 2012

Social Media & Activities

1. Publicity of Our Lab & Project

2. SUST Innovation Lab FaceBook Group & Innovation

Lab facebook page

3. Dropbox folder for file sharing

4. Meeting U. of Khartoum Social Media team

5. Organized our First Seminar on 14/11/2012

6. Organized a lovely day out (Coral Hotel )


What we achieved?

• Start tweeting.

• Organizing more team social activities.

• Working with UNICEF’s communication section.

• Contacting the conventional media.

• Advertising campaign for the final event.


Facebook groups


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• SUST & Uok Innovation lab page

• Sust innovation lab group on facebook

What We are Planning to a Achieve?

1. To Meet The UNICEF Communication Office to gain a New

skills

2. To have More Group Building Activity

3. To Have a Wider Group Activity Gathering The Two Groups

“SUST & U. of Khartoum” to Strengthen The Social

Relationship Among The groups

4. Contact Our Local conventional media

5. Advertising Our final Seminar


How is the pilot going?


Weaknesses Strengths

Team Work• variable commitment• un/employment distractions

• self motivation• attachment to SUST

Capacity Building

• insufficient support• lack of lab infrastructure

• self/group learning• team flexibility

Software Development

• new tools• limited support network

• new tools• resilient members

Engagement with/by Stakeholders

• inadequate communication• new partnership model

• space/funding/new contacts• new partnership model

Benefits an Innovation Lab can bring to:

University1. Capacity building:

– Employment/entrepreneurship potential

– Application of concepts taught

2. Multidisciplinary and open access thinking

3. Real challenges and societal impact opportunity

4. Publicity and partnerships

5. Innovation structure and socially-relevant curricula

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UNICEF

1. Prototype solution for two priorities

2. Spread of Tech4Dev concepts

3. Documentation:‒ Pilot lessons‒ RapidSMS

application

4. Publicity and partnerships

5. Innovation structure / sustainability

Community1. Local capacity

development

2. Local responses to pressing needs

3. Collaboration space for different partners

4. Tuned partners to development problems

5. Cheaper solutions


What it takes?

• Creating a Lab is not easy ... It requires:

– Steady Leadership

– Stakeholders Support

– Flexibility

• It can however:

– Accelerate Innovation for Development

– Utilise creativity and energy of young people

– Create new partnerships

– Adapt solutions across communities and countries


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