Background Documents
Current documents
The Indaba Fieldwork Platform: Why we built it and what it can do for you.
Demo and platform walk through
An Online Collaborator’s Handbook: What it takes to get a group working online.
Historical documents
This page hosts content from the early days of Indaba as it moved from concept to reality.
- February 9, 2009
- The Big Picture document that started it all. Some details have changed (turns out it’s in Java, not Rails) but the vision remains intact.
Indaba: Desired Functionalities for RFP
- May 7, 2009
- An early technical requirements doc for the Indaba RFP. Developed with more detail and precision in later documents.
- June 23, 2009
- The formal RFP that set the terms for selection of our development partner.
- PDF (150KB)