Sustainable and inclusive virtual collaboration

可持续和包容性的虚拟协作

• 批准号: 87306
• 金额: $ 10.15万
• 依托单位: AXIS WORKSHOPS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=87306
• 关键词: Sustainable; inclusive; virtual; collaboration

**Vision**COVID-19 has reshaped how the world works. A sustained shift to virtual working creates an opportunity for a post-pandemic recovery that is more sustainable and inclusive: Eliminate carbon associated with day-to-day commuting and journeys taken (often by air) for meetings and workshops* Make home working a viable and respected alternative, increasing gender equality and access to those living with a disability. This in no way detracts from the need to make physical workplaces more accessible* Reduce workplace bias toward minorities and women* Help UK professional services and events firms operate successfully in a virtual environment to provide a source of competitive advantage (in alignment with the ISCF Next Generation Services Challenge)This project will extend the Axis digital collaboration platform to:* Extend coverage of meeting and workshop types to maximise reduction in business travel (and carbon) by making virtual at least as good as face-to-face* Support virtual collaboration that uses analytics and decision science to increase inclusion and remove bias* Maximise workshop and meeting accessibility for those living with disabilities enabling those disadvantaged by the physical workplace to gain an equal voice and set of opportunities* Provide free sets of workshop templates designed specifically to support SMEs and corporates to innovate around sustainable and inclusive growth**Innovation**In a world of remote working, video conferencing is invaluable for simple meetings, but it does not allow for structured collaborative thinking and decision-making. It doesn't ensure that every voice is heard, and decisions are made free from bias. Axis can.We now need to take the Axis platform further and faster, with an emphasis on driving sustainable and inclusive growth. We've teamed up with three mission-driven organisations: Private Goodness (workplace equality, human rights and sustainability), Unida (gender equality) and Purple Goat (disability equality) and Accenture (one of the world's leading professional services firms, serving over 75% of the Fortune 500 with over 500,000 employees) to co-develop the Axis platform with the latest web-based technologies for immersive collaboration and analytics-enabled decision-making.We will extend the platform to build Axis' core sources of differentiation vs. the current state of the art (digital whiteboarding solutions including Teams Whiteboard, Mural and Miro).A re-build of the front end in order to enhance usability and accessibility;* Implement React Hooks, improving how component and application state can be managed* Enhance the use of GSAP and canvases to deliver complex meeting agenda setup where in-workshop data flows can be intuitively configured* Ensure accessibility combining enhanced perceivability and understandability (for instance making sure that everything has properties for alternative texts) and accessibility optimised navigation, so that regardless of circumstance, device or location anyone can participate effectivelyDevelop a needs-based template library and redefined run screens to enhance effective collaboration. A switch to container-based infrastructure, using AWS' EKS Kubernetes to enable more rapid delivery of new features and increase scalability and resilience.

** 愿景 **COVID-19重塑了世界的运作方式。持续转向虚拟工作为疫情后复苏创造了一个更可持续和更具包容性的机会：消除与日常通勤和会议及研讨会旅行（通常是乘飞机）相关的碳排放 * 使在家工作成为一种可行和受尊重的替代方案，增加性别平等和接触残疾人的机会。这丝毫无损于让实体工作场所更容易进入的需要 * 减少工作场所对少数族裔和女性的偏见 * 帮助英国专业服务和活动公司在虚拟环境中成功运营，以提供竞争优势（与ISCF下一代服务挑战保持一致）该项目将扩展安讯士数字协作平台，以：* 扩大会议和研讨会类型的覆盖范围，以最大限度地减少商务差旅（和碳）通过使虚拟至少和面对面一样好 * 支持虚拟协作，利用分析和决策科学提高包容性并消除偏见 * 最大限度地为残疾人提供车间和会议的无障碍环境，使那些在实际工作场所处于不利地位的人能够获得平等的发言权，* 提供免费的研讨会模板，专为支持中小企业和企业围绕可持续和包容性增长进行创新而设计 ** 创新 ** 在远程工作的世界中，视频会议对于简单的会议来说是非常宝贵的，但它不允许结构化的协作思维和决策。它不能确保每个声音都被听到，决策没有偏见。安讯士可以。我们现在需要更进一步、更快地发展安讯士平台，重点是推动可持续和包容性增长。我们与三个使命驱动的组织合作：私人善（工作场所平等、人权和可持续性），联合国开发计划署（性别平等）和紫山羊（残疾人平等）和埃森哲（全球领先的专业服务公司之一，为超过75%的财富500强企业提供服务，000名员工）共同开发Axis平台，并采用最新的基于Web的技术，实现沉浸式协作和支持分析的决策-我们将扩展该平台，以构建Axis的核心差异化来源，（数字白板解决方案，包括Teams Whiteboard、Mural和Miro）：重建前端，以提高可用性和可访问性;* 实施React Hooks，改进组件和应用程序状态的管理方式 * 增强GSAP和画布的使用，以提供复杂的会议议程设置，其中可以直观地配置研讨会内的数据流 * 确保可访问性，同时增强可感知性和可理解性（例如，确保所有内容都具有替代文本的属性）和可访问性优化导航，因此无论情况如何，任何人都可以有效地参与开发基于需求的模板库和重新定义的运行屏幕，以增强有效的协作。切换到基于容器的基础设施，使用AWS的EKS Kubernetes来更快速地交付新功能，并提高可扩展性和弹性。