The 7 key decisions that shaped our methodology
A blog by Lea Simpson, Founder of Brink, Team Leader of the Frontier Technologies Hub, originally published on Medium in 2017.
Mastering the build-measure-learn feedback loop is crucial to working in agile ways.
The Frontier Technologies Hub (FT Hub) is a programme designed to help DFID advisors apply frontier technologies like 3D printing and the Internet of Things to the biggest challenges in development.
Over the course of three years FT Hub will support 15 projects (selected through 3 calls for entries) with: 1) money to pilot their ideas 2) matchmaking with private sector technology partners and 3) support to work in new, agile ways.
We are now a few months into our programme with our first cohort of projects selected just before the end of 2016. Most of this year’s effort has been spent on thinking through how best to support the projects to work in agile ways.
We’ve made seven key decisions on how to support, measure success and work with each of our projects. This post is the first in a series to lift the lid on the the method that we’ve been using, share some our thinking, artefacts and let you know what we plan on changing as we ramp up to our second call.
Over the coming few days we’ll be sharing each of these decisions in an individual post so you can deep dive into the ones that interest you the most. We welcome any thoughts or feedback you might have.
If you’d like to dig in further…
🎧 Listen to the Data Frontier to hear more about how data is being harnessed for international development and diplomacy (7 episode podcast)
🔮 Explore our Future of Elections learning journey (long read)
👀 Follow this pilot’s journey on their pilot profile page (regularly updated)