Design process

Before adding data to the platform we need to understand the users, needs and benefits Discovery starts with a topic, consideration, user, or their objective.

Discovery

In discovery you will need to do some research and to document what you learn. AI can help, but it is essential you research the users, particularly:

• producers of the data
• consumers of the data
• policy makers and other key stakeholders

Discovery is complete when you have documented the following:

• users, and their needs for data
• needs which are relevant to planning and housing
• all relevant legislation, policy, sources of information and data
• the authority responsible for creating, updating and removing each entity being recorded
• <i>something about estimating the number of entities, how often they change</i>
• any security or privacy concerns
• how collecting the data is lawful, and within the public task of the department
• existing sources of the data along with barriers to collecting existing data, such as restrictive licensing

Against each need:

• <i>something about how this supports the missions better decision making and faster local plans</i>
• <i>something about the benefits</i>

At the end of discovery you will have documented your research made it open for feedback from users.

Alpha

Alpha is complete when you have demonstrated the following:

• proposed entity, fieldnames and other terms
• the key entities
• draft a specification and dataset schemas
• collect data from existing sources
• Build a prototype using the data you have collected to:
• prove the specification
• shown the value of the data to users and stakeholders
• Test the prototype with users
• Document how the specification meets the user needs

Beta

• work with providers of the data

Live

• continue to evolve the specifications