Tech for Better
Discovery Workshop
Founders and Coders is a UK-based nonprofit
Opening access to the digital economy by growing an inclusive global developer community and sharing our model of peer-led learning
London
Nazareth
Gaza
Al Khalil
Tech for Better
A programme for social impact startups and nonprofits to learn how to design, test and build new digital services, working with developers in London and Palestine, and supported by Intersticia.
How will this programme benefit me?
It will give you experience of working with an agile development team,
of being a
product owner,
and of creating a real digital service you can test with users.
What is the total time commitment required of me?
Around 20 hours spread over several weeks
How it works
Discovery workshop
followed by user research
Project selection
usually within 2-6 weeks
Definition workshop
followed by data collection and content creation
Product owner workshop
followed by prototyping,
initial user testing,
and sprint planning
First development sprint
Followed by more user testing,
and sprint review and planning
Second development sprint
Followed by product handover
What are we looking for?
A committed product owner
An interesting problem
Social impact
Plan for today
Ice Breaker
Braindump
Problem Presentation
User Research Exercises
Discuss Homework
Pitch
Ice Breaker
"Yes, And...!"
Braindump Exercise
POs: Describe the problems you want to solve
Developers: Lots of questions!
Quantity, not quality
Post-it notes
15mins
Theme your post-it notes!
Bigger Picture
Turning our problems into goals
Goals
What do we want to achieve by solving this problem?
Stakeholders
Who does it concern? Not just users - who is involved in this problem area?
Product/Process Audit
What has already been done to achieve these goals?
Inspiration
What are some examples of technology that inspire you?
Goals
What do we want to achieve by solving this problem?
Stakeholders
Who does it concern? Not just users - who is involved in this problem area?
Product/Process Audit
What has already been done to achieve these goals?
Inspiration
What are some examples of technology that inspire you?
Review
Each team presents to the room
Using the four areas we just covered as guidelines
Users
User Personas
Let's think about our ideal user
User persona sheets
10mins
User Research
Some tips
Ask early
And make sure your users are within reach
Test your assumptions
This is a crucial time to do it
Try to survey a wide range of users
Aim for 3 - 6
Ask open-ended questions
It'll help you avoid being told just what you want to hear
Listen, don't talk
The questions should be more like prompts - for helping your users to tell you about their needs
... and take notes!
User Research
Create your surveys!
Roughly 6 - 8 questions
And remember...
Test your assumptions
Ask open-ended questions!
Product Owners - what's next?
Carry out user research
Synthesise the results
And then submit this info back to us
Before April 24th
(We'll send you a form)
Review by the Product Owners
Who are you?
What is your dream?
What is your research plan for the next couple of weeks?
What is your development plan (after app build)