Challenger Data Visualization Demo

Analyzes real-world disasters caused by communication breakdowns and ethical lapses in technical reporting. Challenger Data Visualization Demo turns that idea into something you can manipulate directly and watch respond.

Analyzes real-world disasters caused by communication breakdowns and ethical lapses in technical reporting. It focuses on MCAS Software Gap, O-ring Failure, Clarity vs. Ambiguity, Organizational Hierarchies, Bad News Transmission from the “Case Studies: Lion Air and Space Shuttle Challenger” section.

You can drag elements directly on the canvas; the “Engineering View (Raw)”, “Sorted by Temp”, “Include All Flights” buttons run actions or reset the demo. Every change updates the visualization in real time, so you can see exactly how each variable affects the outcome.

Technical & Professional Writing (TPW) is an introductory open education resource designed to prepare students for the diverse communication demands of the professional world. The course focuses on a reader-centered app… This demo is the interactive piece for the “Case Studies: Lion Air and Space Shuttle Challenger” section. Open the full TPW: Technical & Professional Writing course wiki at https://www.getlykke.com/explore/public/tpw-technical-and-professional-writing-eeaeb115-8bf5-4fb1-8e48-7e86fd368469 for notes, flashcards, quizzes and the other demos.

You'll build intuition for MCAS Software Gap, O-ring Failure, Clarity vs. Ambiguity, Organizational Hierarchies, Bad News Transmission — and, crucially, see how they behave when you change the inputs, which is hard to get from a textbook or lecture on TPW: Technical & Professional Writing alone.