Overview

UX Research

WireFrames, Prototypes, Information Architect

The Initial wire framing process for me is creating balance and flow to the elements that will eventually fill the space. We knew that we wanted to create an experience for the user that quite compliments that of their competitors to create a visual strength. This was important so the brand would be able to visual stand up to well-known brands already in the market. Bold use of one and two columns helped to maintain hierarchy and structure.

The prototypes for mobile had the bigger use of true interactions as it relied heavily on phone services and data to help the user along the journey. The location services are optional for users but because of the nature of the app we found a 90% conversion rate towards using the location features. The prototype used a combination of MYSQL and HTML to populate data. The finished application was constructed with the use of AWS services in mind to help alleviate and distribute user loads.

Information Architecture for this project was standard for many of the items used as the scheme had already been developed countless times before. Including a tagging system for parts and other related information was given to its own process. The developers thought it would be faster to divide the parts database into a separate installation from the users and provider’s database. In some ways this helped to keep the architecture structure separated and cleaner when querying either database.