Community Prototyping Competition REQUIREMENT
To develop a Transformed by You day & competition to stimulate collaboration between public services, entrepreneurs and communities to develop innovative ways of using technology to improve their neighbourhoods. To stimulate people with relevant skills to design prototypes that meet local needs and can be developed further with and for the community (such as community groups / businesses)
OUTPUTS
Challenge Brief Ideas sessions Community Insights Prototypes Testing sessions Prototyping Event
OUTCOMES
Public Services Redesign: Solutions produced by communities & designers to stimulate use of technology to support independence and community action Customer Services Innovation: Insights into issues, motivations & solutions to help people to move online to public services
RESOURCES REQUIRED
Kent Connects to agree Challenges 11,000 funding
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TARGET GROUP
Kent Connects Kent Customer Services Board Local universities (inc. UKC & UoG) Local designers ICT suppliers (inc. Microsoft3) Local ICT students Community groups
Open data/customer insight relevant to Challenge Proposed venue (Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells) for prototyping day Communications to promote project2 Service users to test the prototypes
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10,000 overall allocated to four winners of the competition to develop further their prototypes and 1000 for catering/venue/promotional resource Be part of BAS and possibly the external requirements tender Microsoft also offered to help/sponsor by providing kit and expertise
STAGE PRIORITISE
DISCUSS CHALLENGES Make challenges clear so people know what their ideas will address
DEVELOP IDEAS Criteria that helps focus which ideas to take forward
DESIGN PROTOTYPES Skills4 youre looking for to turn best ideas into solutions
DESIGN
Stages that break down the challenge in practical ways
Activities to help people develop ideas in a productive way
Ways to help customers/entrepreneurs design solutions
SUPPORT
Collaboration with partners to identify resources to stimulate ideas
People with background info to help understand the issues
People to take their ideas & prototypes forward
OUTCOME
Competition that helps participants feel ownership over tackling issues
Understanding on peoples skills/motivations to tackle issues Demonstration of how ICT can help people help each other
Partners will also be involved as before to facilitate /participate and also critical friends
Stages
Activities Define clear challenges5 so people know what they are working towards
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JUNE
JULY
CHALLENGES
Design stages that break down the challenge in practical ways
Work with sponsors/partners to identify resources to support prototyping Develop competition that helps participants feel ownership over issues Outcomes Framework for competition Shared resources people can use to develop prototypes
Define criteria that helps focus which ideas to take forward IDEAS Provide people with customer insight/open data to help understand the issues
Organise workshops to help people develop ideas in a productive way Develop understanding on peoples skills & motivations to tackle issues Outcomes Community insights Criteria for designing prototypes Workshops for people to develop ideas
Identify skills youre looking for to turn best ideas into prototypes PROTOTYPES Organise event to help customers/entrepreneurs design prototypes
Broker support with sponsors to take their ideas & prototypes forward Demonstrate how ICT can help tackle challenges set Outcomes Event for people to design prototypes Support for people to take forward prototypes
From PS ICT Strategy
DEVELOPING CHALLENGE BRIEFS
Customer Services Group
Service Commissioners
PS ICT Strategy
Challenge Briefs
Work with CD Group to help develop Challenge Briefs
Draft Challenge on how ICT could improve their service
Outlines architecture Strategy
high to
level deliver
Criteria for what designers should develop their prototypes to
Customer Insight Customer Portraits to help designers understand need
Service Data Data on the Service the prototypes being designed for
Architecture Requirements to prototypes can internally ensure work
Concept Dev Group Package up requirements & data to draft Challenge Briefs
DEVELOPING PROTOTYPING DAY
Concept Dev Group Organises Prototyping Days
Designers & Developers Help design prototypes based on Challenge Brief
Support Prizes provided by Sponsors to the winning prototypes
Prototypes Outputs produced from the Prototyping Days reviewed based on Challenge Brief criteria
Venue Nominated Partners agrees to host prototyping day
Mapping Targeting audiences to invite to Prototyping Days
Sponsors Organisations providing prizes to support the Prototyping Days BROKERING SUPPORT POST-EVENT
Prototyping Days Events inviting designers, commissioners & users to develop prototypes
Support Winners use prize money & in-kind support to develop further prototype
Technology Sponsors provide technical resources6 for winners to develop their prototypes
User Testing R&D Team works with relevant service users to test winning prototypes
Advice University sponsors host workshop to get students to develop business models for the winning prototypes
Collaboration Work with VCO & business sector to demo prototypes
Investment Signpost to seed funding & investment opportunities
APIs & development environments
