Create a Guide/Template: Creating Eco-system mapping for topic area of project #73

Overview

We need to create a guide to making eco-system research for projects so that we can understand who is already in the space and what they are doing.

Action Items

The phases in the guide-making process are listed below. Each phase displayed in blue is linked to a wiki page with instructions on how to complete that phase. Open the wiki page in a new tab, copy the instructions for each part into the section labeled 'Tasks' at the bottom of this issue, and complete each task listed.

• Gather Examples Solo (open in a new tab)
• Gather Examples Collaboratively
• Create a Guide Draft
  • If needed, create a template
• Have your guide peer reviewed
• Present your guide for leadership review

Resources/Instructions

• Google Drive Folder for this Guide’s documents and shortcuts (to documents in other locations) 0073 [DRAFT] Creating Eco-system mapping for topic area of project
• Note: C&C is not an ecosystem map. An ecosystem map is a map of how people operate in the space. The food Oasis map shows how they service customers and where the overlap is, as well as their primary value.
• Ecosystem Map Guide.docx
• Ecosystem Map Guide Interview
• General Ecosystem Map Guide Questions

Projects to Check

• 100 Automations
  • Competitive Analysis Report
• 311 Data
  • Found a Google Sheet that might count as Eco-system Mapping Market Analysis
• Access the Data
  • Found a Competitive/Comparative Analysis Spreadsheet
• BallotNav
  • Found a Competitive or Comparative Analysis Template
• Brigade Organizer's Playbook
  • Found Competitor Analysis Template
  • Found Comparative Analysis Slide Deck
• Civic Tech Index
  • Introduction To The Project under the Wiki acknowledges there have been earlier attempts by others at something like this but I couldn't find any eco-system mapping or competitor research done.
• Civic Tech Jobs
  • Found Volunteer Organizations C&C Analysis under C&C Analysis of Volunteer Sites hackforla/product-management#127
• Civic Tech Structure
  • Found nothing.
• Data Science Projects
  • Found an [issue] (Data Science Competitive/Comparative Analysis data-science#94) with a potentially helpful document that has now been copied to the Competitive or Comparative Analysis Template file
  • Comparative Analysis Document
• Design Systems
  • Found nothing.
• Engage
  • Found nothing.
• Expunge-Assist (formerly known as Record Clearance)
  • Slides 12-18 of the PSG Research Report include Criminal Justice & Personal Statement Generator Comparative Analysis, but with Placeholders and not the actual content
• Food Oasis
  • Still taking time to go through resources, interviews and materials found earlier.
    • Food Oasis Eco System map in a presentation slide deck
    • Meeting recording uploaded here
    • Some of her notes from discussions with Pearson King from Food Forward are here (this person was very helpful in information gathering, etc)
    • Some of the graphics for the ecosystem as well in case it's helpful
    • This folder likely has most of the interviews notes from each of the groups
• GreenEarthOS
  • Found Updated C&C Analysis as of 12/15/21 GreenEarthOS C&C
• Guides
  • This issue Create a Guide: Creating Eco-system mapping for topic area of project
• HomeUniteUs
  • Found nothing
• Internship project
  • Found TWE: Paid Internship placement and a few other files which used the [Project name] Competitive or Comparative Analysis Template
• Lucky Parking
  • Found Competitive Analysis Spreadsheet 1 (need access)
  • Found Competitive Analysis Deck (need access)
  • Found Competitive Analysis Spreadsheet 2 (need access)
  • Found Competitive Analysis Spreadsheet 3
• Open Community Survey
  • Found Copy of Comparative Analysis for Usability Testing (need access)
  • Found OCS Comparative Analysis Spreadsheet
• People Depot
  • Found nothing
• TDM Calculator
  • Found this created issue but it looks like the task was never done.
• VRMS
  • Found this created issue but it looks like the task was never done.
• Hack for LA's Website
  • Found C&C Analysis Example under Do a UX/UI Competitive & Comparative Analysis of HfLA site (focus on Homepage) but task was never done.
• Youth Justice Nav
  • Found YJN Comparative Analysis

Tasks

• This is where you will copy instructions from the wiki page for the step you are currently on.