Catalyst Site:Improve proposal data

Project Catalyst Community Website - Addressing the Challenge

In the current Project Catalyst process, the number of different proposals related to the same team or topic grows constantly. This makes the funding process more challenging because it increases the time to find similar proposals for a given topic and for connecting people to project teams.

For newcomers the whole process is overwhelming because of the amount that needs to be learnt upfront. Additionally there are an increasing number of proposals to read and understand. This causes increased management effort for proposers and community advisors to improve collaboration and prevent redundancies. Furthermore, it prevents meaningful participation by voters that are interested in specific topics.

The purpose of the Project Catalyst Community Website is to tackle these current problems within the Catalyst process for proposers, community advisors and voters. The Project Catalyst Community Website will become the source for education, collaboration and information about the Project Catalyst funding process that will allow all involved parties to get a comprehensive overview of all teams, topics and proposals over time.

How will proposal data be improved?

The following are the starting points for adding more information to a proposal that will make it easier for people to understand and participate in the Catalyst process.

1. Aggregating proposals under overarching projects
Proposals should be able to be aggregated under a single project. On the community website, proposing teams can break down their work into a number of proposals that are linked by a project they created. The project can then detail a description, roadmap and social links to give an overview of the overall project objectives and current development sprints.

2. Creating team profiles
The website will allow project collaborators to have a profile that lists any social accounts and share the skills they have. This will provide more accountability and be a starting point for new team members who want to engage in a project team.

3. Categorizing the proposals
Proposals are currently not well categorized and easy to filter. The website will filter through all Catalyst proposals according to topics, teams and funding success.

Roadmap

The proposal aims to provide a single defined part in a community website that provides a central source of information which is constantly updated. It makes it as easy as possible for a community member to find and learn more about Catalyst projects they are interested in.
Integrating improved proposal data into the website will take ~5 weeks of work. In the long term, more features will be added to achieve more meaningful participation within the community.
If you want to look at all solution ideas that will be integrated in the community website, take a look:
https://www.notion.so/cardanocommunity/Catalyst-Community-Site-2b0616bedeb94c13a135d565eb883412

Development steps

• Define the category identifiers data model and share under an open source Github profile.
• Add data structures for projects and categories to the website database
• Implement a backend to allow a team to manage a project and link their proposals
• Document a process for pre-existing proposals to be added to the site automatically and allow for the team to claim ownership in the site
• Create a frontend for the project list and project pages

Expected initial implementation launch date ~30th May (+/- 1 week)

Auditability:

The project is currently under development, weekly updates can be found here: https://www.notion.so/cardanocommunity/Project-Updates-7f42f8cc1648444dbfe6e18b74ccc3b7

Success metrics

Short term (3 months): Number of users viewing project lists and project information compared to total participants in Ideascale.

Longer term (6-12 months): Tracking interactions between voters, advisors and proposers to determine if the quality of proposals is increasing over time as project and proposal information improves.

Team and collaboration

The team consists of 3 international people with background in informatics, science, economics, psychology and political science:

George L - Web and mobile developer of over 5 years (mainly React, React Native, JGraphQL, Serverless and Prisma). Ref - https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgelovegrove

Jakob D - Research & analysis, management. Political Scientist and Business Psychologist with experience in strategic consulting

Ben S - Research & analysis, collaboration, marketing and documentation.

Budget breakdown

Time required: 5 weeks (40 hours x 5 = 200)

Time allocation: Research & analysis (10%), Product and design (15%), Development (45%), Maintenance (5%), Collaboration (10%), Marketing (15%)

Budget = 200 x $40 per hour = $8000

Hosting & Software = $400

Total: 8400$

For more information on budget planning of all our proposals, take a look at: https://www.notion.so/cardanocommunity/Budget-planning-e39747c1f62f42b1928e374a8c0f287e

Join the conversation, if you want to engage in our proposal(s)!

Discord: https://discord.gg/RwM2DanP - Under F5 Catalyst Value Onboarding group => project-catalyst-community-site channel

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