Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Does innovation have a data signature?

"success is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration" (Thomas Edison)


Bottom Line: Effort and Innovation might not be correlated.

Findings:  The above provided chart was generated from the audit log in a cloud-based software prototyping tool.  As a result of new found reporting ability, three weeks of my project are now available for analysis.

Analysis:  I subjectively determined that three screens were the most innovative deliverables of our project.  Subsequently, I correlated these innovative pages against audit log "action" on that page. For this analysis, "action" is inclusive of all activity types (create, review, modify, delete).


Innovation 1 - Tagging Requirements (About 1,000 Actions)


Innovation 2 - Split Screen (About 100 actions)

Innovation 3 - Responsive Design (not on radar)

Further Analysis is needed:
  1. I plan to explore the correlation between innovation and collaboration.  Specifically, I am curious if the "Innovative" pages were all worked on in silos or a result of collaboration
  2. I plan to discover existing/validated metrics for objectively determining innovation.  

2 comments:

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    Very, very interesting!

    Very interesting work, Tony. What metrics are you correlating, i.e. what is "action" on those pages? Id look for correlation between innovation and
    # of total stakeholder reviews
    # of stakholders who have every reviewed the page
    # of comments left
    "fidelity level" of the pages (how much visual, interactive and data fidelity)
    # of model modifications
    Can't wait to see the next report!

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    1. Hi Pete,

      My Excel file is on this wiki: http://tonycalice.wikispaces.com/iRise

      However, I would also like to talk to you about a possible "Open Visualization" collaborative project for a national effort to improve the lives of the Developmentally Disabled.

      Bottom Line for iRise: I would to be able to invite the public to join my project. Any iRise modeler's interested in donating their time/gaining experience to this effort would be a terrific benefit to states trying to improve the lives of the developmentally disabled through innovation. http://foreveryidea.wikispaces.com/Developmental+Disability

      I would like to know you thoughts on the Def Center's ability to collaborate with stakeholder virtually and across the nation.

      I put together a compilation of some of our earlier work here http://peoplewhojam.wikispaces.com/

      Thanks,

      - Tony

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