SPARKBOX FURAFFINITY SOFTWARE

Some of the most important work we did with the H&S IT team was to articulate the plans and the product that we would be building together. Our work in Discovery helped us to identify goals and priorities, but there was still a lot of ground to cover with regard to the details of our approach. In a very real sense, the definition of this project was part of the project itself. For H&S, the final outcome was still evolving.

SPARKBOX FURAFFINITY SOFTWARE

Many Sparkbox clients and partners come to us with a scope of work that is already closely defined (a software improvement or a new website, for example). Just taking the time to have a meal together can sometimes plant the seeds of collaboration and trust that will be called on throughout the project. During three days of workshops and working sessions, we built in plenty of time for informal discussion, strolls around campus, and getting to know one another. Second, we wanted to build a shared understanding and vision for the project with our counterparts in H&S IT, preparing for a productive collaboration in the months to come. We discussed users and audiences who would be interacting with the system and spent a lot of time talking about current benefits, shortcomings, and opportunities for improvement. These would ensure that the system offered by H&S was one that internal clients would gladly opt into. We learned that within this context, creativity, stability, and flexibility were critically important. We understood from the outset that H&S IT was responsible for more than 120 websites for internal clients and that all of them would need to be moved away from Drupal 7. Our Discovery work with H&S had two major areas of focus.įirst, we needed to understand the core needs and possibilities for this project. Sparkbox begins every project with a Discovery phase, which allows us to dig into challenges, audiences, priorities, and success metrics for the project.

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