Question 1: According to Kirk (2016), The essence of "Formulating Your Brief" is to "identify the context in which your work will be undertaken and then define its aims: it is the who, what, where, wh

Question 1:

According to Kirk (2016), The essence of "Formulating Your Brief" is to "identify the context in which your work will be undertaken and then define its aims: it is the who, what, where, when and how." It could be formal or informal as any project you think you must make it. This phase is where you create a vision for your work.

Reference

Kirk, A. (2016). Data Visualisation: A Handbook for Data Driven Design. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Ltd.

Why is it so important to formulate your brief for a data presentation? Discuss some ways you would implement to formulate an effective brief. What are some advantages to your methods? What are some disadvantages?

Discussion Length (word count): At least 250 words (not including direct quotes). 

References: At least two peer-reviewed, scholarly journal references.

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Question 2:

FORMULATING YOUR BRIEF

CONTEXTUAL THINKING ABOUT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS

This exercise involves you using imagination and logical reasoning to occupy the mindset of a visualiser facing the task of formulating a brief for different scenarios. Imagine you are given the challenge of creating a visualisation/infographic in each of the following made-up scenarios:

THE SUBJECT: Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Scenario A: A pro-capital punishment (local/national) newspaper reporting on the milestone of the 500th execution (pretend it is 2013, there have now been more than 500)

Scenario B: Analyst staff at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice reporting to senior management about aspects of their operations

Scenario C: A campaign group looking to influence the debate about the ending of capital punishment

Website reference: https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_executed_offenders.html 

Assignment Link: http://book.visualisingdata.com/chapter/chapter-3

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