Digital Workflow

Engineering and Design for Art and Artifact ConservationJune 1st, 2010

Goal

• Introduce online and collaborative tools• Enrich web usage for team members• Demonstrate advances in project

management• Highlight peer to peer sharing/learning• Highlight differences in digital workflow

Web 2.0

• “The participatory web”• Blogs, RSS, mashups• Background– Term coined in 2004 by Tim O’Reilly– Refers to products and services, not web overhaul

• Keywords– Sharing, collaborative, transparent, free,

distributed, global, multi-disciplinary

No Products, Only Solutions

Customization: Every User is Unique

Harnessing Collective Intelligence

Transparency and Openness

Distributed & Decentralized

Free, Open Source

Sharing, Collaborative

Not just for Play

• Changing how we do business• Reduced Costs– Enable customers to build knowledge base

• Increased Loyalty– Participatory web increases buy-in for customers

• Turns out all these simple tools are perfect for project management and working in teams

Engineering Design Process

Plan the process to stay on track Document/Communicate

Develop Solution Options

Implement Solution

Test/Evaluate Implemented Solution

Evaluate Solutions

Iterate: refine and improve based on evaluation

Solution Stage

Clarify Team Assignment

Understand Problem and Context- Identify why design is needed- Identify current techniques used to solve problem - Identify constraints on design- Identify user needs for design

Define design goals or criteria

Design Analysis Stage

Step 1: Clarify Team Assignement

Old Way New Way

Step 2: Understand Problem/Context

Old Way New Way

Step 3: Planning

Old Way New Way

Step 4: Brainstorming

Old Way New Way

Step 5: Media Generation

Old Way New Way

Step 6: Documentation

Old Way New Way

Digital Workflow RecapBackground

Research Planning Brainstorming MediaGeneration Documentation

Digital Toolbox

http://blogs.rice.edu/wp-signup.php

http://www.flickr.com/

http://www.wetpaint.com/

http://www.gmail.com/

http://delicious.com/