45B: Cardano Design center to supporting Projects

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Pedro Lucas

[GENERAL] Are you delivering this project as an individual or as an entity (whether formally incorporated or not)

Entity (Not Incorporated)

[GENERAL] Please specify how many months you expect your project to last (from 2-12 months)

10

[GENERAL] Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated into English from another language

No

[GENERAL] Summarize your solution to the problem (200-character limit including spaces)

We'll run an open office to facilitate resources, advisory and consulting on Design and UX.

[GENERAL] Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?

No

[GENERAL] If YES, please describe what the dependency is and why you believe it is essential for your project’s delivery. If NO, please write “No dependencies.”

No dependencies

[GENERAL] Will your project’s output/s be fully open source?

Yes

[GENERAL] Please provide here more information on the open source status of your project outputs

Project will be fully open source.

Apache 2.0, MIT License https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

[METADATA] Horizons

Incubator

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution

The services our initiative will provide can be summarised as:

• Consultation to Cardano projects and communities about their product and marketing strategy.
• Help regarding usability, UX design, User stories/flow (often tech teams neglect this), localization tools, test cases, …
• Live calls to support project’s users while learning to use Cardano plus core concepts (UTxO, SCs, Staking, …); Basic tools on managing their community of users

[IMPACT] Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community

This project will help improve Cardano dApps, fostering adoption and overall quality/user satisfaction.

[CAPABILITY & FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability? How do you intend to validate if your approach is feasible?

45B is composed of and has access to professionals with an extensive track record of delivering solutions in Finance, Banking and other lines of business. Also they are responsible in helping the promotion and socials of some players in the Cardano ecosystem.

Having deep understanding on how the Cardano blockchain can be used, we are in an ideal position to take this project forward.

[PROJECT MILESTONES] What are the key milestones you need to achieve in order to complete your project successfully?

Establishing a knowledge base; Raising awareness to the initiative;

Open hours; Mature knowledge base; Define a list of projects to consult;

Consulting with batch of projects #1 in detail; Run Open hours; Mature knowledge base;

Consulting with batch of projects #2 in detail; Run Open hours; Mature knowledge base;

Consulting with batch of projects #3 in detail; Run Open hours; Mature knowledge base;

As a closing of our project, we will open-source all resources that we used throughout the project.

We will be happy to host open sessions to discuss what was done.

[RESOURCES] Who is in the project team and what are their roles?

Product Designer | UX/UI & Visual Design | Web3 & Blockchain Enthusiast

Paulo Martins

https://www.linkedin.com/in/arapuk/

Product/Project Manager; Technical specifications for Accounting

Pedro Lucas - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedrohlucas/ 

Maestro Developer Experience, BizDez;

Pedro Lucas has over 20y experience in IT. Working as a Technical Business Analyst in Business Process Management and Decision support DataViz solutions in Finance and Banking. He has been in Crypto for 3y and 100% dedicated to Cardano communities and technology for almost 2y. Pedro has helped in Gimbalabs, amongst other communities, created and ran 'Cardano for non-techs' workshop sessions, and now collaborates with Maestro focusing on Developer Experience and Business Development.

[BUDGET & COSTS] Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources

Milestone 1: 7000 ADA

Milestone 2: 6000 ADA

Milestone 3: 12000 ADA

Milestone 4: 12000 ADA

Milestone 5: 12000 ADA

Final Milestone: 1200 ADA

[VALUE FOR MONEY] How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

The value of helping improve Cardano dApps, fostering adoption, cannot be understated.