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Achievements include successfully conducting a co-creation design studio with clients and the usability testing of a new concept for the local market.
Client: Undisclosed
Duration:
3 Weeks
Team Members:
Boyang Chew, Drew Yu, Aravind Kumar Logan and myself
My Role
Researcher, UX Designer, Design Lead
UX Methodologies Used
Competitive Analysis, User Interviews, Affinity Mapping, Persona Creation, Customer Journey Mapping, Co-Creation Workshop, Feature Prioritization, Hand Sketching, Wireframing, Prototyping, Usability Testing
Tools Used
Pencil, Paper, Figma
Meeting with the Client
- Clarifying objectives and expectations of the project
- Agreeing on communication method and frequency
Website Analysis
- Analysis of example websites that client provided us
Reference Websites
User Research
- Decide on target demographics
- Prepared interview guide to refer to
- Plotted out an Affinity Map to make sense of the findings
- Created Personas from findings
Co-Creation Workshop
- Conducted co-creation design studio with clients
- Started off by presenting our findings and Personas
- Warmed up with some brain-writing exercises
- Created storyboards for each Persona
- Using the storyboards, brainstormed on possible problems or opportunites
- Following that, possible solutions to address said problems or opportunities
Post Workshop Synthesis of Results
- Chose to focus on a Persona
- Crafted the selected Persona's Customer Journey Map
- Gathered the solutions and ideas generated from the workshop
- Prioritized down to the three features to focus on:
- Style Generator
- Ad-hoc Expert Services
- Sub-contractor Listings
Coming up with Version 1
- Discussed between the team on the flow and key screens required
- As the design lead, decided on going ahead to use Figma for our Prototype
- Created the style guide for the team to follow through the other key screens
- Delegated the key screens between the team

Usability Testing
Usability Testing and Iterations
- Performed Usability Testing with 7 users and got feedback not only on the prototype but the idea behind it as well
- Iterated our prototype and idea based off the feedback received
Prototype Showcase
Presentation and What's Next
- Presented our findings and prototype to our client
- As for handing over, we elaborated on the next steps that our clients can proceed on to further validate this service feasibility