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This is the original GRAND Assessment Framework. Though it is not up to date yet, it will eventually serve as an expanded list to further articulate sections and questions.
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\subsection{Contents}
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\item \hyperlink{Affiliations_.28Stakeholders.29}{1Affiliations (Stakeholders)}
\item \hyperlink{Expectations}{2Expectations}
\item \hyperlink{Resources}{3Resources}
\item \hyperlink{Design_and_Execution}{4Design and Execution}
\item \hyperlink{Impact_and_Feedback}{5Impact and Feedback}
\item \hyperlink{Misc._categories_.28fun.2C_education.2C_technology.2C_etc....29}{6Misc. categories (fun, education, technology, etc...)}
\item \hyperlink{Other_things_to_put_in}{7Other things to put in}
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\subsection{Affiliations (Stakeholders)}
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\item Who are the existing stakeholders?
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\item administrative
\item ethical / legal
\item research
\item audience / customer
\item others
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\item Who are the legacy stakeholders?
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\item sponsors
\item returning group members
\item community partners
\item audience demographics
\item notion of a corporate "brand" with feedback mechanisms about its reputation
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\item Who are new stakeholders, or what are recent changes in makeup/orientation/capacity?
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\item Who are potential stakeholders?
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\item Is there a market or test group available, already existing or in demand?
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\item What are potential inclusion or exclusion factors (Does working with these stakeholders require REB ethics clearance?)
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\item Where can more information be found about a particular stakeholder, how can this information be used?
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\item How will you rank or sort stakeholders?
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\item Which stakeholders will own the work when the project is done?
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\subsection{Expectations}
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\item What is the purpose of the project?
\item What are the minimum requirements of success?
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\item What are the stakeholder groups' main goals?
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\item What is each stakeholder group getting out of the project?
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\item What ought to be the shared ambition of this project?
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\item What are the stakeholders' responsibilities to the group?
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\item To what extent is the project contract to be formalized or kept informal?
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\subsection{Resources}
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\item What are the deliverables?
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\item What are our deliverables' timelines
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\item What is the budget?
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\item Who is responsible for all aspects of the budget?
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\item What skills and technology do group members already have?
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\item What technology or tools are required to build, maintain, and play the game?
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\item What is the project timeline?
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\item What amenities does the group have access to (e.g. a campus for testing)?
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\item What is the length of time it would take to build and run the game?
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\item Is there a deadline? Or can this project be delayed?
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\item Is there a method for tracking progress regularly to ensure meeting deadlines?
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\item Is there previous or comparable work, either ours or another group???s, in this area?
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\item How does our work compare to other work?
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\item How long should the project be able to last?
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\item Is there a buffer for potential changes?
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\item Time
\item Tools
\item Group
\item Tools
\item Partnerships
\item Capital
\item Ethical conditions
\item Demands from stakeholders
\item Other
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\item Are any outside stakeholders responsible for providing content/information/materials/funding/etc.?
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\item Are we using outside intellectual property?
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\item Who does it belong to?
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\item What sort of license does it use?
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\item Who is responsible for maintaining the project?
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\subsection{Design and Execution}
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\item What design process will work best for this project?
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\item How will you assess the design and development as it is happening?
\item Who will assess the design and development? How will they report back to stakeholders?
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\item Does the game (at various stages) work? Does it meet the goals?
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\item What doesn't work?
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\item Is the problem technical, conceptual, or both?
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\item Are there ways to improve the game or the platform based on the results of this attempt?
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\item Should the game be more intuitive or instructional?
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\item How quickly will the target audience be able to learn the game?
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\item If the project is repeatable, will we learn new things or benefit from running the game again?
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\item How will we conclude this project (what will the end-state look like?)
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\subsection{Impact and Feedback}
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\item What feedback are we testing for?
\item Who did the game work for (or not work for)?
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\item How did the stakeholders react to the game?
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\item Who and how do we want to give or receive feedback? (I think this needs to be broken down into several questions - SL)
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\item How will we present findings to our stakeholders?
\item Who will we solicit feedback from?
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\item What type of feedback is required? (qualitative? quantitative? game metrics?)
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\item What would be the most efficient method - time and resource wise - of gathering assessment data?
\item Do the chosen assessment techniques require ethics clearance?
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\item Do we need new ethics or can this fall under a previous project?
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\item What tools will give us the most useful data?
\item What questions should the assessment tools pose?
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\item Should there be multiple feedback tools available?
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\item What is the criteria for acquiring and updating information about stakeholders?
\item How well does this project address the topic of '\_\_\_\_\_'?
\item Does the game provide anything different or better from other resources/games?
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(I think this section needs to be much more detailed since this was the original focus of the framework - the assessment process) - SL\hypertarget{Misc._categories_.28fun.2C_education.2C_technology.2C_etc....29}{}
\subsection{Misc. categories (fun, education, technology, etc...)}
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\item What are measurable variables that can be defined as '\_\_\_\_'?
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\item Can this game teach something that can be gained through other resources in a way that the targeted audience finds preferable? ( I think this is outside of the scope of our group, we are not really studying how best to teach a topic or curriculum, we are studying games.)
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\item Do we need to advertise?
\item How will we launch the game and attract players?
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\item Do we have a captive player group or is the game released in the wild?
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\item Can we tweak the game during deployment? Is this a part of the plan?
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\subsection{Other things to put in}
\textit{I've tried incorporating these parts into the framework as much as possible. They've mainly been incorporated into the resources sections-DG}
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\item \textbf{Intellectual Property:} What sort of license does it use? Who owns the work? Who published it? What is the intellectual property?
\item \textbf{Time and Money:} How long did it take to make? How much did it cost to develop? What sort of organization developed it?
\item \textbf{Comparison and Competition:} What other games are similar? Who is the competition? How does it compare to other games?
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