Hacktivity Rules
• IN TEAMS OF 3 or 4 • BRAINSTORM IDEAS •
•CREATE A PITCH • PRESENT •
10 MIN • Brainstorm!
15 MIN • Create!
2 MIN / TEAM • Pitch!
Who is the ?
17W DALI Core
DALI Staff
Welcome to the Lab!
please share your...
- name & year
- a highlight of your winter break
- one thing you're excited to learn at DALI
How does DALI work?
Team Structure
Lab Structure
A Week in the Life of DALI
| Sun | M | T | W | Th | F | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Lab Hours (6-9 pm) |
All-Hands (5:30 pm) |
Team Meeting (anytime!) |
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| Mentor Hours | Mentor Hours | Mentor Hours | Mentor Hours |
Come in anytime to work, study, or hang out!
(or even nap, eat leftovers, & play board games...)
Discover
What is the problem statement?
Your whole team:
- Kick-off meeting with Partner
- Research and reframe the problem
- User personas
- Plan scope and timeline
- Create a project proposal
Dev & Design both inform the Discovery process
Define
What are you planning on building?
Your whole team:
- What are the project specifications?
- Feature Spec
- How could that look?
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Concept Sketches
- tip: create complete user flows as wireframes so you can focus on usability without worrying about aesthetics yet!
- User flows
- Content -- identify and gather
- Mockup iterations
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Concept Sketches
Design
How does your proposed solution become a reality?
- Sketches and Mockups, explore different design and UI directions
- Design and Prototype
- Refine
- Implement
Design
Adequate Design vs. Effective Design
Develop
feature spec
toolchain
architecture design
codes
Deliver
When finishing a project:
- test
- final design and code review
- commit your code
- hosting/publishing
- attributions (DALI, partner)
DALI Tools
Slack!
Slack is how we communicate!
Integrates with github, google drive, trello, lab lights...
How to Slack
You've all been invited! Download on computer & phone.
Here's a quick demo!
Drive
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Keep everyone in your team on the same page
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Upload all non-code materials e.g. mockups, logos, etc. to Google Drive.
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Project managers should keep it organized and up to date.
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Find resources on the Drive:
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Official branding
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DALI New Member Guide
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Design and Development Resources
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Code revisions
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Collaborate on code
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Use github issues and milestone
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Maintain readme.md file with documentation, overall code structure, how to set up dev environment
Managing your Project
Use your team Slack channel
Meet each week
Communicate with Partners
Use Drive (design+everyone)
Use Github (code+everyone)
Mentors and Staff!
17W DALI Lab Introduction
By DALI Lab
