Pakedge (Power Distribution Unit)
3 person Team project (overseen by Pakedge representive)
Problem: Design a simple and easy to use interface for the power DistributionUnit (PDU)
Solution:
Re-work the home page
Promote most important tasks for the dealer
Provide useful information at a glance
Streamline Outlet Configuration
Improve management of Notifications
Make scheduling easy to use
Tools
Pen and Paper, Adobe Illustrator, Google Drive
Role
Head of research & sketches/wireframes
Task Analysis, Competitive / comparative Analysis, User Research, Card Sorting, User Flow, Information Architecture, Wireframing, Low-Fidelity Prototyping
Pakedge Original homepage
My Process
STEP #1 RESEARCH
We scheduled a meeting with some Pakedge stakeholders to get on the same page with the companies goals and interests.
Stakeholder review (through card sorting)
Review the information from Stakeholder interviews to focus on goals and needs
This helped the team
Understand key things to focus on
What the client really cared for
Clearly organize our ideas
Make our plan of attack
BRAND IDENTITY PRISM
Developed a brand identity prism to align the team with clients self image
Navigation Restructure
Navigation was restructured to make it easier for users to navigate through the PDU interface.
STEP 2: PERSONAS & STRUCTURE
PDU Outlet Status Redesign
Primary User Persona
Conducted user reviews with hardware dealers (Who interact with PDU the most ) to create a reliable persona to guide the designs the right directions.
STEP 3: SKETCHING IDEAS
Sketching
STEP 4:USABILITY TESTS / PROTOTYPE
We conducted usability tests of the old PDU interface to understand strengths and pain points. We also conducted usability test after each redesign of the interface.
