Groundwork platform, from 0 to 1
Groundwork platform, 0 to 1
Groundwork platform, from 0 to 1
KEY OUTCOMES
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An innovation platform strategy from scratch

Frontline Justice is new nonprofit dedicated to addressing the access-to-justice issue in the US with community justice work. They came to us with a blue-sky brief: “we want to build an innovation platform to support community justice workers (CJWs)—help us figure out what that needs to be.”
The broad scope and fixed timeframe required a scrappy approach as a PM to achieve the end goal: a concrete platform strategy, component set, roadmap, and first tool prototype for the Groundwork platform.
MY ROLE
• PM, UX + Strategy Lead
COLLABORATORS
• UX Designer
METHODOLOGIES
• Background and competitive
research
• Internal stakeholder workshops
• Structured interviews
• Affinity mapping → insights &
opportunities
• Personas + Theory of change
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An innovation platform strategy from scratch

Frontline Justice is new nonprofit dedicated to addressing the access-to-justice issue in the US with community justice work. They came to us with a blue-sky brief: “we want to build an innovation platform to support community justice workers (CJWs)—help us figure out what that needs to be.”
The broad scope and fixed timeframe required a scrappy approach as a PM to achieve the end goal: a concrete platform strategy, component set, roadmap, and first tool prototype for the Groundwork platform.
MY ROLE
• PM, UX + Strategy Lead
COLLABORATORS
• UX Designer
METHODOLOGIES
• Background and competitive
research
• Internal stakeholder workshops
• Structured interviews
• Affinity mapping → insights &
opportunities
• Personas + Theory of change
KEY OUTCOMES
An innovation platform strategy from scratch
AI tools that skeptical users are excited to adopt
A scalable brand to ship the first product, and grow with the platform
Refined mentorship chops

MY ROLE
• PM, UX + Strategy Lead
COLLABORATORS
• UX Designer
METHODOLOGIES
• Background and competitive
research
• Internal stakeholder workshops
• Structured interviews
• Affinity mapping → insights &
opportunities
• Personas + Theory of change
Frontline Justice is new nonprofit dedicated to addressing the access-to-justice issue in the US with community justice work. They came to us with a blue-sky brief: “we want to build an innovation platform to support community justice workers (CJWs)—help us figure out what that needs to be.”
The broad scope and fixed timeframe required a scrappy approach as a PM to achieve the end goal: a concrete platform strategy, component set, roadmap, and first tool prototype for the Groundwork platform.
An innovation platform strategy from scratch
AI tools that skeptical users are excited to adopt
A scalable brand to ship the first product, and grow with the platform
Refined mentorship chops

MY ROLE
• PM, UX + Strategy Lead
COLLABORATORS
• UX Designer
METHODOLOGIES
• Background and competitive
research
• Internal stakeholder workshops
• Structured interviews
• Affinity mapping → insights &
opportunities
• Personas + Theory of change
Frontline Justice is new nonprofit dedicated to addressing the access-to-justice issue in the US with community justice work. They came to us with a blue-sky brief: “we want to build an innovation platform to support community justice workers (CJWs)—help us figure out what that needs to be.”
The broad scope and fixed timeframe required a scrappy approach as a PM to achieve the end goal: a concrete platform strategy, component set, roadmap, and first tool prototype for the Groundwork platform.
An innovation platform strategy from scratch
AI tools that skeptical users are excited to adopt
A scalable brand to ship the first product, and grow with the platform
Refined mentorship chops

Frontline Justice is new nonprofit dedicated to addressing the access-to-justice issue in the US with community justice work. They came to us with a blue-sky brief: “we want to build an innovation platform to support community justice workers (CJWs)—help us figure out what that needs to be.”
The broad scope and fixed timeframe required a scrappy approach as a PM to achieve the end goal: a concrete platform strategy, component set, roadmap, and first tool prototype for the Groundwork platform.
MY ROLE
• PM, UX + Strategy Lead
COLLABORATORS
• UX Designer
METHODOLOGIES
• Background and competitive
research
• Internal stakeholder workshops
• Structured interviews
• Affinity mapping → insights &
opportunities
• Personas + Theory of change