<!-- YAML-SNAPSHOT:START --> | Key | Value | | --- | ----- | | **id** | OCL-protocol-project | | **name** | Labs Project Protocol | | **description** | The official process for proposing, reviewing, and approving new projects for the DAO to undertake. | | **initializationEvent** | A member submits a proposal for a new project. | | **associatedFunctions** | Strategy, Finance | | **associatedRoles** | [[Labs Member]], [[Labs Manager]] | | **relatedMembranes** | [[Labs Manager Council]] | | **stages** | Prospect, Proposed, Planning, Active, Acceptance, Paused, Reflecting, Complete, Cancelled, Declined | <!-- YAML-SNAPSHOT:END --> This protocol provides a structured pathway for new ideas to become official OpenCivics Labs projects. ![[IMG_20250802152405.png]] | | | |---|---| |Prospect|A project opportunity captured in a [📄Project Specification / TEMPLATE](https://www.notion.so/Project-Specification-TEMPLATE-74411d538b4a4078b98a27820a3f7ea5?pvs=21)| |Proposed|A project submitted for review via| |Planning|A [📄Project Plan / TEMPLATE](https://www.notion.so/Project-Plan-TEMPLATE-11706d2570f280c79e29ea7751b6c6ec?pvs=21) is completed for a project| |Active|A project that is currently active, maintains [📊Project Financial Records / TEMPLATE](https://www.notion.so/Project-Financial-Records-TEMPLATE-10006d2570f28095870bfb2c032fbf43?pvs=21)| |Acceptance|A project proposed as completed, to be agreed by project participants & partners| |Paused|A project is that is not currently in any of the phases| |Reflecting|A project that is completing a [📄Project Retrospective / TEMPLATE](https://www.notion.so/Project-Retrospective-TEMPLATE-11706d2570f280f79486f6d973befc10?pvs=21)| |Complete|A project that is no longer active, that has been completed| |Cancelled|A project that has stopped before it completed| |Declined|A project that has not been approved to proceed|