ascii version of the model
edulogicmodel-ascii.png

Thanks for helping, Mo! We could really benefit from good design here, because I want this to be a model for planning Fedora Objectives in general. (So, it'd be nice to be reusable.)

I know a lot of logic model diagrams end up being kind of foofy on the actions and resources side, with inputs like "the community" and actions like "community building". For the objectives, I'd like those to actually get specific. Then, this directly becomes the plan with a clear budget built in — or a budget, with a built-in justification.

I kind of think a tree might be the right model, with the resources being leaf nodes at one edge, feeding into actions, feeding into outputs, and so on. Possibly some of the outputs criss-cross to feed into multiple outcomes, and then everything feeds into the glorious fulfillment of the mission and vision.

In my mind, this is a dynamic tree structure, starting with the impact at the top and with outcomes expanded; you could then drill down into the specifics. And below the outputs level, it would be nice to have an easily-edited dynamic document, as plans change and specific outputs are completed. Actually, it could even be a living document above that, with outputs checked off as they're accomplished and metrics updated (I'm not going to say automatically) as actual impact occurs.

(That all sounds grandiose, but one way to do that is simply a wiki page with nested header elements and collapsible blocks. Ugly but functional!)

So one concern I have about the layout of this right away are the relationships between resources => activities => outputs... I think they are going to be too complex for the current ascii art layout to represent.

E.g.:

Mentors - aren't going to go to Magazine Editorial Meetings (probably) or Badge Workshops, but they might go to Conferences and Fedora Activity Days. Do they have a relationship with POSSE? Maybe? Maybe not.

Pagure.io - is it related to classroom visits or deploying/hosting web resources or internships?

The Fedora Wiki - does it have anything to do with badgeathons? Not really? Maybe a little bit?

What I worry about with buckets of things that don't necessarily have a strong link feeding into each other is that it might imply a relationship that just isn't there or doesn't make sense.

So I'm thinking I'm going to play around with the layout a lot, as to not imply invalid connections or anything like that, hopefully to make this more readable? Does that make sense?

Replying to [comment:3 duffy]:

So one concern I have about the layout of this right away are the relationships between resources => activities => outputs... I think they are going to be too complex for the current ascii art layout to represent.

E.g.:

Mentors - aren't going to go to Magazine Editorial Meetings (probably) or Badge Workshops, but they might go to Conferences and Fedora Activity Days. Do they have a relationship with POSSE? Maybe? Maybe not.

Pagure.io - is it related to classroom visits or deploying/hosting web resources or internships?

The Fedora Wiki - does it have anything to do with badgeathons? Not really? Maybe a little bit?

What I worry about with buckets of things that don't necessarily have a strong link feeding into each other is that it might imply a relationship that just isn't there or doesn't make sense.

So I'm thinking I'm going to play around with the layout a lot, as to not imply invalid connections or anything like that, hopefully to make this more readable? Does that make sense?

There needs to be a second pass on the resources<->outcomes section for sure. Right now it is moreso an inventory of the pieces we have at our disposal, not necessarily a mapping of how those resources translate into other things. Since planning moves from right to left, we start with the impacts and go across. I'm working on a version2 of the .ods file that I will upload shortly. Stay tuned :)

Okay cool. I'll wait for an updated ODS before mocking anything up.

updated to v2 by decause
fedoraedulogicmodel.ods

first attempt (source)
fedora-council_edu-logic-model.svg

first attempt
fedora-council_edu-logic-model_v1.pdf

[[Image(fedora-council_edu-logic-model_v1.png)]]

first attempt. it's a bit simplified - i didn't use any mappings yet. i did a lot of perusing of various logic models folks have published online and the most understandable ones seemed to follow this kind of format.

first attempt png preview
fedora-council_edu-logic-model_v1.png

Hey, opening this ticket up since I am going to be out for a while. Please feel free to pick it up. The source for what I did so far is already attached.

Some feedback from today's design team meeting:

• the background is a bit dark, might be nice to pop in the Fedora triangles texture in the back
• the rag in the impact section where Fedora is alone on one line should be adjusted

attachment
fedora-council_edu-logic-model1.svg

@jurankdankkal, any updates here?

@decause

Is there anything more that needs to be done on this one?

i'm happy to pick it up if you need more work on it.

opening up ownership; going to contact decause to see what he wants done here

decause has some notes from a meeting with spot about updating this; waiting on those notes.

just emailed decause on this one

I just emailed council-discuss to see what they want to do.

still waiting on council-discuss, repinged them

closing this on the council's advisement:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/council-discuss@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/JQUZNALZE4DQCLN52VE2DWV2I3WKTD42/#Z7J4Q4XZIHORCMJQH5D7Z26ATUXZV6MT