Because Fluid Engage is building upon a team that has already been actively producing Fluid components, the project will be able to hit the ground running in the first quarter of this project. The project will need to train new team members and develop new ways of working together within a different structure, with different leads, and with an already active community. The approach will be to build early usable prototypes that will be implemented in creating exhibits and experiences in the museums and galleries early in the project. This early implementation will assist in gathering useful feedback early so that the team can iterate on and improve the solutions.
The project schedule is designed to build upon simple ad and then increasingly complex solutions, allowing the team to coalesce before diving into more complex solutions. Additionally, the core team will be doing activities in the first quarter that will be familiar to Fluid team members who have been on the Fluid 2007-2009 project. The activities are intentionally front-loaded, building on existing solutions to enable an aggressive implementation plan for iterative refinement.
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April-June 2009: Exploratory Phase | July-Sept 2009: Maps and mobile | Oct.-Dec. 2009: Implementation | Jan.-March 2010: Templates & API |
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Team building & site visits | Preliminary service API | Object bookmarking service and components | Pair up designers to work on exhibit templates with mini-grantees |
Data and service inventory | Testable mobile app prototype (iPhone) | Refinements to map authoring tool | Solid API for services and components |
UX research with museum curators and staff | Map authoring tool & implementation; begin map/audio tie-together | Search service and components | Mobile app prototype running on another platform |
Architecture sketches | Design & implementation of early authoring templates | Refinement of data integration services | Museum data integration implementations |
Wireframes for map authoring, navigation, and mobile app | Prototype data integration and search services | Coordinate implementation mini-grants | Ongoing community vision & roadmap |
The proposed second Phase of the project is projected to include (not part of this funding request):
April-June 2010 Services and Tagging | July-Sept 2010 Tie-together | Oct.-Dec. 2010 Mobile spaces | Jan.-March 2011 Ongoing community development |
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Improve searching and indexing | Deeper object/exhibit data models based on CollectionSpace | continue Content & CollectionMS integration | |
Generalized map and location awareness services | Expanded map authoring tool including workflow from CAD drawing import - final, interactive maps | Further build out of automatic position detection using WiFi or Bluetooth | More and varied exhibit templates and scripts |
Social networking and user contribution services | mobile prototype for new platforms | Support for more mobile devices: Blackberry, Windows Mobile | refinement of documentation, tools, resources |
Richer tagging support (incorporating Steve work) | Threaded discussion | Connections with third-party social networking sites | wrap-up of institution implementation; more implementations |
Expanded Year 1 Quarterly Deliverables
The following section provides an expanded description of the deliverable schedule presented in Table 1.
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