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Project Plan - A fully distributed citizens pulse platform for state/city councils with Hyperledger Fabric

Project Plan - A fully distributed citizens pulse platform for state/city councils with Hyperledger Fabric

Aug 05, 2021

Goal

To build a fully distributed citizens pulse platform for state/city councils using Hyperledger Fabric

Deliverables

An end-to-end working solution (Finland region):
Enrolled users are able to create topic, create comment, poll vote
Enrolled users are able to modify/delete one's own topic, comment, vote
API Server
accepting incoming requests + delegating to Fabric
maintaining DB, Scheduler

Client side: Web (React) and Mobile Application (Flutter)
Adding functional tests to web components
Github Actions
Adding CI, code coverage
Automating release cycles via versioning

Documentation with diagrams on GitHub

Timeline

The tentative timeline is as follows:

Week

Deliverables

Week 1 - Week 3 



Introduction and kick-start project plan
Familiarising with latest version updates in Fabric
Discussion over architecture
Listing requirements and features of the platform
Creating a simple network mimicking the MVP
Setting up Private Data Collection and interacting with node-sdk

Week 4 - Week 6

Writing chaincodes to invoke actions (upvote/downvote, poll-complete)
Creating a API server for the client to interact
Working on additional features for user and council

Checkpoint 1 (July 10, 2020)

1st Quarter Evaluation

Week 7 - Week 9

Incorporating the network with Web UI
Setting up functional tests and CI for API and backend
Documentation

Week 10 - Week 12

User registration and fabric-ca certificate translation
User deletion and deactivation [Feature on hold]
Architecture and demo preparation for HL Labs Submission

Checkpoint 2 (August 21, 2020)

 Midterm Quarter Evaluation

Week 13 - Week 15

Developing a mobile application for the platform
Documentation

Week 16 - Week 18

Working on additional features
commenting on council proposal
editing comments
Introducing more user functionalities in the network + writing Chaincode
Adding functionality for downloadable reports
Documentation

Checkpoint 3 (October 2, 2020)

3rd Quarter Evaluation

Week 19 - Week 21

Insights and reports for closed plans
Adding code-coverage and release workflows
Setting up functional tests for web-ui
Documentation

Week 22 - Week 23

Completing documentation
Writing Medium blogpost
Presentation and Demo recording
Wrapping up with any pending work/feature

Checkpoint 4 (November 13, 2020)

Final Evaluation 

Newly suggested features will also be incorporated during the course of the project.

Process

  • Quarter basis review according to Hyperledger Internship Programme schedule

  • Internal communication and updates:

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    • Telegram/Email for communication

  • Weekly zoom call with mentor for project updates