The prototyping exercise could be seen as research and experimentation, as well as adjustment phasis. We would need to work closely with an existing conversation, looking at interactions, reporting, monitoring, and feedback processes, designing a methodology and selecting/fine tuning the tools as we go. The tools and processes are totally interdependent and must be architected interconnectedly... So the prototyping must take place in close collaboration and feedback loop with the communities of practice.
The start user case
Organizations involved. Type of desired deliveries & outcomes? What is at stake?
Lessons to be learnt from the existing conversations and experience.
How do we 'link' or 'embed' the community of practice?
Knowledge & resources
How to 'pull' and input to the existing knowledge base? Make it available from a new interface?Dashboard type data to help visual learning and thinking?
Conversation & reporting mechanisms and tools
Conversations have multiple input points. How can we imagine the shape of conversations, reporting mechanisms to be? How could the conversation feed:
- an argumentation & decision base
- a project & implementation base
- a knowledge & self-learning base
Dealing with alignment and potential conflict
- Understanding each others worldviews, cognitive processes, and languages.
- Development of a universal language/ontologies on particular topics?
Participation and critical mass - what can we count on?
- How can we access communities of practices linked to our theme to 'pull' into the discussion. How can our partners be put to contribution to extend the dialog.
- Means of engagement - How will we keep the momentum, the 'ball rolling', means to 'engage' and 'reengage the ball'.
The bootstrapping and scaffolding process
- Do we need to define boundaries and 'porosity' between various levels of engagement. From commons cooperative governance to just learning and discovery including open discussion, via eDemocracy.