Roadmap
Independent Impact is under active development. We have already built the essential capabilities and are now expanding the platform with additional features.
Completed
Integration with Hedera Consensus Service
The Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) is at the core of everything that happens on Independent Impact. All significant events on Independent Impact are captured on HCS.
- User registrations
- Project submissions
- Validation & verification
- Credential issuances
- Reputation updates
Completed
User registration and identity
Basic functionality for registering users and linking their Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs) to their accounts is live on the project developer portal.
- Standards body
- Project developer
- Validator
- Verifier
Completed
Project design and validation
Project developers can easily create and submit their Project Design Documents (PDDs) for peer validation in the project developer portal.
- Complete generic PDD template
- Paragraph-level review and approval
- Corrective action requests and resolution
- Forward action requests
- Final approval and project registration
In Progress
Reputation system
The reputation system will track and display reputation scores for all participants.
- Indicators
- Methods
- Project developers
- Project participants
- Validators & verifiers
- Standards bodies
- Public display of reputation scores
In Progress
First mile data collection tools
Tools for collecting verifiable data from the field are under active development.
- Survey CTO plugin
- Mobile app toolkit
In Progress
AI-powered impact browser
Users will be able to explore and understand impact data with natural language search and assisted explanations via the Impact Explorer.
- Natural language queries
- Contextual explanations
- Query generation
In Progress
Indicators and metrics library
A library of impact indicators and metrics will make it easier for impact agents to find the most suitable impact indicators for their activities.
- Standardised impact indicator format
- Standardised impact metrics format
- Comment and finalisation process
- Registry of finalised indicators and metrics
- Portal and tools for indicator and metric development
In Progress
Impact methodologies library
We are rolling out a library of impact methodologies by indicator, with published R packages for large-scale ACM and small-scale AMS use cases.
- Standardised methodology format
- Comment and finalisation process
- Registry of finalised methodologies
- Portal and tools and methodology development
Planned
Integration with Learning Tokens
Learning Tokens will reward ongoing contributions and training milestones.
- Implement the Learning Token specification on the Hedera Token Service
- Build user toolkit
- Pilot learning-token incentives
Planned
Rapid implementation toolkit
Pre-packaged implementation monitoring and impact monitoring tools will allow community-based projects to get going quickly and with minimal technical input.
- Integrate methodologies with data collection and reporting tools
- Training materials and support
- Implementation tracking dashboard
Planned
Public reporting platform
A public platform for exploring and reporting achieved verified impacts.
- Search and filter by project / indicator / metric / geography etc.
- Project and portfolio level summaries
- Downloadable reports