Setbacks and New Starts

Setbacks and New Starts

Dissatisfied by the rate of responses from shelters in the last sprint, we resolved to fast-track getting prototype feedback sessions by bypassing management altogether and talking directly with front-desk staff. However, our Community Partner tempered these...
Prototyping and Prioritizing

Prototyping and Prioritizing

On the first day of our second sprint, we created a Gantt chart, and were fairly pleased with it—here was a centralized location where we could visualize the entire trajectory of our project, and it looked achievable. We sketched out ample room for iterative...
First Steps and Struggles

First Steps and Struggles

In our first week in INSPIRE, we made heavy use of our ambassador, Parker. Even with the knowledgeable and supportive resource that he was, we struggled to understand the problem. As a result, we spent multiple days at the whiteboard, writing down, discussing,...