We're building a platform that inspires people to build cool software project ideas that will follow the Dev Launchers ethos. This platform will be able to take in ideas from members of Dev Launchers, display these ideas for other users to interact with, and finally allow members to adopt others' ideas.

Often people have ideas that they do not have the bandwidth to address. These ideas will be further fleshed out by engaging members of the community. With our idea hub, we can brainstorm better, interact with other members' dream software projects, and build more together!

Target Audience

• Who:
  • Dev launchers between 18–54 years of age who want to bring their ideas or collaborate on other dev launcher’s ideas.
  • For more information check out our User Personas & user journey maps (WIP) in FigJam.
• Why:
  • Help dev launchers workshop their ideas to a point where they have the green light to recruit.
  • Help dev launchers learn new tech skills by pairing them with experienced members and working on real life projects.
• What:
  • Web responsive app
• How:
  • To access IdeaSpace, Dev Launcher’s members can go to the Dream category on the Dev Launchers website.

Core Features

1. Sign in / Register
2. User account settings
3. Submit a new idea
4. Like / save / share an idea
5. Idea project owner’s toDolist
6. Search, browse and filter ideas
7. View idea project detail
8. Workshop and collaborate on other people’s ideas
9. My ideas dashboard
10. Receive email and push notification

Target Devices

• Desktop (95% of our audience)
• iPhone (4%)
• iPad (1%)

Target Browsers

• Chrome (77% of our audience)
• Microsoft Edge (16%)
• Safari (2.81%)
• Firefox (1.31%)
• Opera (0.54%)

Dependencies

• Our platform has a dependency with the “User Profile” project, a social networking web-based system whose purpose is to centralize all dev launchers accounts and information.
• IdeaSpace uses many of the UI components and follows the Dev Launcher’s design system standards developed by the Platform enablement team. For more info you can check Dev Launcher’s style guide.

Helpful Resources

Product related:

• Success metrics
• Competitor audit

UX Research and Design related:

• Dev Launchers Brand Book
• Design System Figma
• User Personas & User Journey Maps

Development related:

• Github Repository
• Github Sprint branch - where all of the team's current changes live while a sprint is ongoing.
• Interactive Shared Component Library

Project documentation:

• IdeaSpace documentation - spreadsheet that stores and centralizes all our project management, development and UX research documentation, information architecture maps, UX designs, etc.