Steven Dodge & Jackie Sauter INFM603 Spring 2012 in-service-of-seniors.org In Service of Seniors
Agenda o Goals o Demo o Division of Labor o Implementation Details o Limitations o Reflections o Future Recommendations
Miss America Goal Build a website that allows seniors to receive volunteer help from their neighbors and each other for everyday tasks, such as: Companionship Exercise Education Groceries House maintenance Social events Technology Transportation Etc.
Audiences o 17.5M seniors 65+ are online (2009) o Popular activities & destinations: o o Google, Windows Media Player, Facebook, YouTube, Amazon o Frequent volunteers: o VolunteerMatch o HandsOn Greater DC Cares o Serve DC o Find relevant service opportunities o User profiles SeniorsVolunteers
Requirements Functional o General content management o Navigation, search, login/out o User profiles o Community members o Community organizations o Help Requests o Create them o List them o Volunteer sign up Nonfunctional o Security o Accounts o Permissions o Performance
Process Example: Help Request Log in/Create account Create help request Fill out help request form Is valid? Y/N If Y, request created
Demo Time
Division of Labor Steven o Initial set-up, backups o CiviCRM – primary wrangler o PHP manipulation o Search functionality Jackie o Theme, images, logo, general appearance o Sample data & content build-out o Help section Shared: Testing & troubleshooting
Technology & Implementation Buy GoDaddy.com CiviCRM vs. Build University of Maryland Virtual Machines A conglomeration of custom code and prebuilt modules
Implementation
CiviCRM
Pros o Extensive documentation o “Events” = Help Requests o Automated messaging to contacts o Syncs with Drupal accounts Cons o Superfluous components o “Admin Within an Admin”— Drupal relationship o Required customization
Other Drupal Installs o Chaos Tool Suite o Finder Module o Profile 2 Module o Views Module o Marinelli Theme
Limitations Schedule and Scope Search Capabilities CiviCRM Customization and Integration Proxy Relationships
Lessons Learned: Coordination & Documentation Sprint #RequirementsDesignDevelopmentTestingDeployment Sprint 14/11/20124/13/20124/15/20124/17/20124/18/2012 Sprint 24/18/20124/20/20124/22/20124/24/20124/25/2012 Sprint 34/25/20124/27/20124/29/20125/1/20125/2/2012
Lessons Learned: User Input
Lessons Learned: Software Assurance
Future Recommendations Open Pandora's box More structure Start earlier Midpoint demo in class
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