Design Week Spikes

This week, spikes will be in your project groups.

Use this as an opportunity to read and explore documentation on a new technology that you might need for your project, or to find a definitive answer for some of the "How might we" questions that came up during the definition workshop.

If you are looking into new tech, here's a checklist to keep in mind during your research.

• List out your needs, and compare them to a list of the pros and cons of the technology you're looking at.

• How popular is it? How well maintained is it?

• How good is the documentation? What is the learning curve compared to things you have already used?

• Are there good external learning resources? (look into different media types - eg: video)

• How much time would go into learning vs implementing?

• Does it require payment/ does it have limits on usage that would hinder your project?