User-centered open source

1. User-centered Open Source By Jackie Kazil For PyCon Russia, July 4, 2016

2. 2 About me… @jackiekazil

3. После четырех лет в университете, Я говорю по-русски.

6. What is user-centered design?

7. beta.eiti.org

8. 8 Urllib2 EX A M P LE

9. 9 Requests

10. 10 “HTTP for Humans”Not for Humans? Urllib2 vs Requests

11. Why ‘open-source’? - Open Source - Inner Source - Closed Source

12. Pick a project

13. User-centered approaches 1. Passive (signal vs noise) 2. Active (direct engagement)

14. 14 Signal vs Noise

15. MIMOSE (Micro-und Multilevel Modelling Software) [53] GAMA [28] ABLE (Agent Building and Learning Environment) [2] Jason (Jason:Interpreter for extension of AgentSpeak) [40] MAS-SOC (Multi-Agent Simulations for the SOCial Sciences) [51] Brahms [11] ECHO [22] FLAME [25] FLAME GPU [26] Construct [13] MOOSE(Multimodeling Object- Oriented Simulation Environment) [55] Jade’s sim++ SimBioSys [68] SimPack [69] DeX [20] LSD (Laboratory for Simulation Development)[45] iGen [31] FLUXY [27] MASS (Multi-Agent Simulation Suit) [5 0]Framsticks SimPlusPlus [66] Descartes[19] A3 / AAA (Agent Anytime Anywhere) [1] ADK (TryllianAgent MASS (Multi-Agent Simulation Suit) [50] Framsticks SimPlusPlus [66] Descartes[19] A3 / AAA (Agent Anytime Anywhere) [1] ADK (TryllianAgent Development Kit)[4] AOR Simulation[6] Ascape [8] BDI4Jade [9] Cougaar[15] CybelePro[17] FAMOJA(Framework for Agent-based MOdelling with JAva) [24] ICARO-T [32] JABM [34] JADE JAS-mine [38] JASA (Java Auction Simulator API) [39] jES (Java Enterprise Simulator) [42] jEcho [43] MASON [49] Moduleco [54] netLogo JIAC [64] Sugarscape [71] VSEit [74] JAMEL (Java Agent-based MacroEconomic Laboratory) [35] PS-I (Political Science-Identity)[60] Altreva Adaptive Modeler [3] oRIS [59] SimAgent (alsosim agent) [67] DigiHive Mesa [52] DALI[18] Breve SeSAm (Shell for Simulated Agent Systems) (fully integrated graphical simulation environment) [63] Cormas(Common-pool Resources and Multi-Agent Systems) [14] SDML (Strictly Declarative Modeling Language) [61] Soar StarLogo OpenStarLogo StarLogo TNG StarLogoT SEAS (System Effectiveness Analysis Simulation) [62] GPU Agents [29] GROWlab [30] AgentSheets VisualBots [73] ZEUS [76]

16. 16 Twitter data… Which library to use? bit.ly/T-API-Libs

17. 17 Twitter bit.ly/T-API-Libs

18. 1818 Github data… Which library to use? bit.ly/G-API-Libs

19. 19 Github bit.ly/G-API-Libs

20. 20 FEC API EX A M P LE

21. 21 Landing page “Getting started” Communication channels Documentation Discoverable entry points...

22. 22 Discoverable entry points... API Landing: bit.ly/fec-api Dev: bit.ly/fec-gh Channels: bit.ly/fec-channels

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24. 24 The checklist - Landing page - “Getting started” - Install instructions - Contribution guide - Responses < 24hrs - Clear git workflow - Labeled branches - License - Project comms - Project status - Project ownership - Regular commits - Tests & build results - “Other users” - Open by default

25. 25 bit.ly/OpenByDefault Flexible usage Community Involvement Cost-savings Increased security

26. 26 Github bit.ly/G-API-Libs EX A M P LE

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29. 29 github3.py

30. 30 Build and maintain… Communicate, commit, test, & build regularly

31. 31 … or consciously commit to retirement.

32. 32 Engage!

33. Don’t make assumptions… ... back it up with data.

34. 34 Mesa, agent-based modeling EX A M P LE

35. 35 (Re)inception

36. 36 (Re)inception Stakeholders

37. 37 (Re)inception Stakeholders Users

38. 38 (Re)inception Stakeholders Users Goals

39. 39 (Re)inception Stakeholders Users Goals Non-Goals

40. 40 (Re)inception Users

41. Software engineer 41 (Re)inception Users

42. Software engineer 42 (Re)inception College Professor Users

43. Software engineer 43 (Re)inception College Professor Student Users

44. Software engineer 44 (Re)inception College Professor Student Private industry researcher Users

45. Software engineer 45 (Re)inception College Professor Student Private industry researcher Data Scientist Users

46. Create personas for users College professor Student Private industry researcher Data Scientist Software engineer Users

47. Create personas for users College professor Student Private industry researcher Data Scientist Software engineer Users

48. Where to find your users? User groups (generic) Open call outs (generic) Conferences (generic) Direct emails (specific) SPRINTS!!!! (specific) Users

49. Where to find your users? General survey with... “May we reach out to you?” Users

50. User Interviews User: College Professor

51. Talk to your users. User Interviews User: College Professor

52. Talk to your users. Know what you want to capture. User Interviews User: College Professor

53. Talk to your users. Know what you want to capture. Get your questions ready. User Interviews User: College Professor

54. Talk to your users. Know what you want to capture. Get your questions ready. Designate a note taker. User Interviews User: College Professor

55. Talk to your users. Know what you want to capture. Get your questions ready. Designate a note taker. Use electronic tools. User Interviews User: College Professor

56. Talk to your users. Know what you want to capture. Get your questions ready. Designate a note taker. Use electronic tools. Verbatim and interpretations separate. User Interviews User: College Professor

57. Talk to your users. Know what you want to capture. Get your questions ready. Designate a note taker. Use electronic tools. Verbatim and interpretations separate. Annotate along the way. User Interviews User: College Professor

58. Talk to your users. Know what you want to capture. Get your questions ready. Designate a note taker. Use electronic tools. Verbatim and interpretations separate. Annotate along the way. Don’t forget body language! User Interviews User: College Professor

59. Talk to your users. Know what you want to capture. Get your questions ready. Designate a note taker. Use electronic tools. Verbatim and interpretations separate. Annotate along the way. Don’t forget body language! Consider privacy, from start. User Interviews User: College Professor

60. Talk to your users. Know what you want to capture. Get your questions ready. Designate a note taker. Use electronic tools. Verbatim and interpretations separate. Annotate along the way. Don’t forget body language! Consider privacy, from start. User Interviews User: College Professor

61. Journey Mapping :-):-(

62. Journey Mapping Identifies Mesa :-):-(

63. Journey Mapping Tries to build a model. :-):-(

64. Journey Mapping BUILDS A MODEL!! :-):-(

65. Journey Mapping Tries to build complex custom model :-):-(

66. Journey Mapping Contributes back to Mesa to fix issues :-):-(

67. Journey Mapping :-):-(

68. Affinity Diagramming

69. How to I build a model? Tutorial has bugs Getting Started is hard Models need to be tested Unclear on how to build plug-ins What is core vs private? Sample models need more docs Affinity Diagramming

70. How to I build a model? Tutorial has bugs Getting Started is hard Models need to be tested Unclear on how to build plug-ins What is core vs private? Sample models need more docs Affinity Diagramming

71. Dot Voting How to I build a model? Tutorial has bugs Getting Started is hard Models need to be tested Unclear on how to build plug-ins What is core vs private? Sample models need more docs

77. Rapid Prototyping

78. Rapid Prototyping 3 prototypes in 3 hours - Create prototype (40 min) - Test prototype (15 min) - Take a break (5 min) - repeat 3 times

79. Rapid Prototyping START STOP RESET

80. 80 Rapid Prototyping

81. Test. Repeat.

82. If you do not have users, you are are doing it wrong.

83. More techniques… http://bit.ly/18F-Methods

84. 84 Urllib2

85. 85 Requests

86. 86 Your friend, Jackie

User-centered open source

Jacqueline Kazil

User-centered open source