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Audio Summary of this Case Study
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PROJECT 3: News Studio "Election Big Board"
Background
As a national online media network grew, there was a desire to upgrade their election coverage capabilities. In previous election years, results were tabulated by hand with colored markers on a white board.
Challenge
When the election results start coming in, the pace picks up quick. Compounding the issue of results tracking is that there are multiple elections to keep track of -- Presidential, Senate, House -- and the need to gather results at the state and national levels. Another challenge is the manpower involved with trying to keep track of these results manually. The sheer amount of data to be gathered from various open sources means that little remaining manpower is available to perform meaningful analysis on the data.
Solution
The provided solution allowed for an easy-to-use data collection database with multiple-user support. An Election Main Control Panel also allowed for easy tracking of election winners. Using a combination of the Main Control Panel selections and the collected data, 145 data visualization screens were available for their correspondents to access on-demand to support the various election result narratives. The results were accessed via an interactive touch-screen experience on their "Election Big Board" with national results, individual state results, polling data, historical results for comparison, integrated charts for visualizing data over time, and a "What-If" Electoral Vote calculator.
Testimonial
"Mr. Ruggiero approached us with a proposal for an interactive election map that could be used during live coverage for the 2020 November Election. The proposal was well detailed with requirements, timeframes, and acceptance criteria.
Mr. Ruggiero delivered working incremental releases and sought input for each release. Requirements were updated and issues fixed in the follow-on releases. This incremental approach built confidence in the project and allowed us ample time to determine best how to integrate the project into the broadcast. The interactive map was well featured during the broadcast as well live results of the Presidential race as well as key US Senate and US House races appearing on the lower-third of the screen through the broadcast.
Mr. Ruggiero was responsive and met all commitments and timelines. His technical knowledge of the project’s components allowed for easy integration into the network. Especially noticeable was the run-time error-checking built into the project which contributed to the seamless integration.
We are extremely grateful for Mr. Ruggiero’s contributions that were part of a successful live broadcast of the November 2020 election night coverage."
Daniel Goddu
IT Systems Administrator