This is a visualization of projects and milestones for RNI.
Check out the Pirate Plotr Render here.
This simple sortable chart for viewing projects and tracking them on a timeline is primarily for coordination between RNI and the Rockefeller Foundation, including the 100 Resilient Cities team. It is useful for a quick global view of what's going on when and how the milestones/expectations/resourcing need to be managed.
- Edit data in the Google Spreadsheet here.
- Spreadsheet will update in the chart on a semi-frequent basis (depends on google, usually you can refresh the RNI Schedule Plotr every 5 minutes and it will show your changes); all changes will be checked and QAuto-integrated for Monday morning calls.
- View and Sort the chart! Check the RNI Schedule Plotr Render page.
Data csv looks like this:
Headers are static, but all values are editable in the data.csv file.
| deliverable | priority | start_date | end_date | team | type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| project1 | value1 | date1 | date2 | [V3/CrisisNet/...] | external |
| project2 | value2 | date1 | date2 | [V3/CrisisNet/...] | core |
- deliverable is project name
- priority is an arbitrary weight (price point? resources?)[2]
- dates are the start and end date of a project
- team is the name of the team responsible for the deliverable
- type is one of 4 categories for filtering purposes (core, external, ops, milestone)[3]
This is spreadsheet-powered because that's a maintainable format for all contributors; easily editable/updatable.
Yays thanks for reading! Shoot me questions if you have any: aurelia@ushahidi.com.
[1]: Previously, I manually updated the /data/data.csv file and then populated that data in the chart. Now the chart is GDoc powered, to enable easier editing for all pirates in the party. :)
[2]: We can decide what numerical value to prioritize by, I just wanted to log this as a sortable placeholder for future values we might want to track.
[3]: Milestones are vertical plum lines on the chart. You can draw a plum line, as opposed to a bar, by entering a deliverable name, start_date and type of project as "milestone"). Check the csv for examples of this.