- Top 20 questions team needs to answer to advance the venture forward. Categorize.
Sustainability:
- What are the best ways of approaching sustainability goals?
- Can this project be implemented in other countries?
- Is this a long term solution to the problems we are currently facing?
- Will this project inspire similar initiatives/be recreated by other people?
- Is developing smart technology environmentally detrimental?
- How do we make the project sustainable?
- Will this project lead to lasting change?
Impact:
- How big is the impact?
- Is change even possible without government help?
- Are the problems we are addressing a priority?
- What issues do they see that need to be solved?
- Will our solutions impact their market?
- Are we doing just as much harm as good?
- Do we have the depth to really make a difference?
- Are we inhibiting domestic social entrepreneurship?
People/Culture:
- What kinds of partners are we looking for?
- Will culture halt our progress?
- What social barriers will inhibit our project?
- How can we affect different kinds of people?
- Is there a technology education and access gap?
2. Develop and Visualize the Theory of Change (Logic Model) for your venture.
Outputs:
- 2-3 Publications
- Smart City Innovations
- Engineering for Change
- How smart innovations are integrated in cities
- Discuss the impact of smart technology on cities
- The benefits, possible cons, social acceptance, cultural impacts, etc
- Longevity of the device (how long does it stay relevant and impactful
- Discuss the impact of smart technology on cities
- How smart cities grow and adapt
- Discuss the interaction between people and technology
- How it affects daily life, city efficiency, etc
- Discuss the interaction between people and technology
- Smart City Innovations
- 3 practical products/solutions that we plan to test and potentially deploy to impact people in Almaty.
Outcomes:
- Publications allow for expanded outreach
- More people on board with implementing smart technology in cities brings more awareness to the power and potential these solutions hold
- Inspires others cities to implement them based on existing statistics that are included in the publications
- More people on board with implementing smart technology in cities brings more awareness to the power and potential these solutions hold
- A viable device that will improve human life in Almaty but can be applied generally to other growing cities
Summer
Outputs:
- Develop an (2-3) MVPs (minimum viable product) or solutions to address real issues in Almaty.
- Identify focus groups to test products on.
- Record how the product was perceived by the people
- Gather data to predict the projected impact our products would have.
- Propose future publication titles
- How our products were designed and perceived
- Potential ways to avoid future mistakes and further the cause of the project.
- Establishing what not to do for future teams.
Outcomes:
- Grow relations with partners in Kazakhstan.
- Spur entrepreneurial spirit in the market.
- Establish solutions to address problems.
- Improve (established goal)