The core objective of the DAO Structure & Design project is to create a well-researched body of knowledge about DAO structures & design. It is not an audit project about what exists, but more about how effective and impactful DAO structures should look like

The DAO Structure & Design body of knowledge will help those who are thinking of building a DAO with guidance, and also those who are already running DAOs, in transforming or optimizing their DAO structures.

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Project Stages

There are three key stages of the project:

Stage One (Currently Live):

(1A) A literature review to assimilate and dissect existing knowledge around organization design, and how they have been applied to DAOs

(1B) Audit of current DAO structures using public documentation

(1C) Accompany audit with DAO Cartographer interviews

Stage Two (to do): In-depth interviews with a representative set of builders, creators, community managers, and experts in the DAO ecosystem

Stage Three (to do): Release of the final findings report

Approach

1. The literature review is not aimed to be extensive but focused and pragmatic towards organizational structures and their impact and influence on DAO structure and design

2. The number of in-depth interviews is the key component of the study, and we want to make this extensive, but not unmanageable. A total of 40-50 interviews are provisionally planned, and we might rationalize the figure based on the range of viewpoints these interviews will provide

Engagement plan:

The purpose of the engagement plan is to:

• widen the reach of research outcomes so that these can be translated and applied in communities
• develop a network of people we can draw on for our research e.g. interview participants