Palendar
Palendar
Palendar
UX Course Project
UX Course Project
UX Course Project
Palendar is a joint calendar app that aims to simplify the process of organising and scheduling events, helping users to achieve a healthy work/life balance. By allowing users to have multiple joint calendars, sending notification reminders of upcoming events, and labelling events by importance, Palendar aims to help users prioritise and plan their time more effectively.
Palendar is a joint calendar app that aims to simplify the process of organising and scheduling events, helping users to achieve a healthy work/life balance. By allowing users to have multiple joint calendars, sending notification reminders of upcoming events, and labelling events by importance, Palendar aims to help users prioritise and plan their time more effectively.
Palendar is a joint calendar app that aims to simplify the process of organising and scheduling events, helping users to achieve a healthy work/life balance. By allowing users to have multiple joint calendars, sending notification reminders of upcoming events, and labelling events by importance, Palendar aims to help users prioritise and plan their time more effectively.
the problem
the problem
the problem
Busy individuals find it difficult to effectively manage their personal and professional life due to their busy schedules.
Busy individuals find it difficult to effectively manage their personal and professional life due to their busy schedules.
Busy individuals find it difficult to effectively manage their personal and professional life due to their busy schedules.
the solution
the solution
the solution
Help users manage events and stay organised by acting as a virtual assistant.
Help users manage events and stay organised by acting as a virtual assistant.
Help users manage events and stay organised by acting as a virtual assistant.
user research:
a summary
user research: a summary
user research:
a summary
Designed to help busy individuals who struggle to manage their work/life balance. Research revealed that this user group often found it difficult to keep track of events and often double booked themselves. Palendar aims to simplify the process of organising and scheduling events by allowing users to have multiple joint calendars, label events by importance, and send notification reminders of upcoming events.
Designed to help busy individuals who struggle to manage their work/life balance. Research revealed that this user group often found it difficult to keep track of events and often double booked themselves. Palendar aims to simplify the process of organising and scheduling events by allowing users to have multiple joint calendars, label events by importance, and send notification reminders of upcoming events.
Designed to help busy individuals who struggle to manage their work/life balance. Research revealed that this user group often found it difficult to keep track of events and often double booked themselves. Palendar aims to simplify the process of organising and scheduling events by allowing users to have multiple joint calendars, label events by importance, and send notification reminders of upcoming events.
Time management
Time management
Time management
Busy people struggle with effectively managing their time and prioritising events resulting in stress and a poor work/life balance.
Busy people struggle with effectively managing their time and prioritising events resulting in stress and a poor work/life balance.
Busy people struggle with effectively managing their time and prioritising events resulting in stress and a poor work/life balance.
Coordination
Coordination
Coordination
Trying to coordinate their schedule with family and friends is difficult, often resulting in miscommunication and scheduling conflicts.
Trying to coordinate their schedule with family and friends is difficult, often resulting in miscommunication and scheduling conflicts.
Trying to coordinate their schedule with family and friends is difficult, often resulting in miscommunication and scheduling conflicts.
Personal schedule
Personal schedule
Personal schedule
Without a comprehensive overview of their schedule, users find it challenging to make informed decisions about how to allocate time/prioritise events.
Without a comprehensive overview of their schedule, users find it challenging to make informed decisions about how to allocate time/prioritise events.
Without a comprehensive overview of their schedule, users find it challenging to make informed decisions about how to allocate time/prioritise events.
Managing Calendars
Managing Calendars
Managing Calendars
Managing multiple calendars for different aspects of the user's life can be difficult to manage and often leads to double booking and missed events.
Managing multiple calendars for different aspects of the user's life can be difficult to manage and often leads to double booking and missed events.
Managing multiple calendars for different aspects of the user's life can be difficult to manage and often leads to double booking and missed events.
user pain
points
user pain points
user pain points
User journey
User journey
User journey
the primary user
the primary user
the primary user
Goals
To organise work/life balance better
Schedule regular family dinners
No double booking
Goals
To organise work/life balance better
Schedule regular family dinners
No double booking
Goals
To organise work/life balance better
Schedule regular family dinners
No double booking
Frustrations
Forgets appointments
Unable to sync schedule with friends/family
Cannot efficiently organise joint events
Frustrations
Forgets appointments
Unable to sync schedule with friends/family
Cannot efficiently organise joint events
Frustrations
Forgets appointments
Unable to sync schedule with friends/family
Cannot efficiently organise joint events
low-fidelity wireframes
low-fidelity wireframes
low-fidelity wireframes
What worked:
Calendar shown on the home page
Appointments shown on the home page
Search bar for searching events
What worked:
Calendar shown on the home page
Appointments shown on the home page
Search bar for searching events
What worked:
Calendar shown on the home page
Appointments shown on the home page
Search bar for searching events
What didn't:
Not enough customisation
Layout was too complicated. Users didn't like the options at the top (appointments, calendars etc.)
What didn't:
Not enough customisation
Layout was too complicated. Users didn't like the options at the top (appointments, calendars etc.)
What didn't:
Not enough customisation
Layout was too complicated. Users didn't like the options at the top (appointments, calendars etc.)
refining the design
refining the design
refining the design
Early design allowed for some customisation but after the usability studies, I changed the layout to be a easier and more intuitive to use.
The second usability study I conducted revealed frustration with the layout of the calendar. Users found that the dates did not have enough white space. I amended this by making the dates more spaced out.
Early design allowed for some customisation but after the usability studies, I changed the layout to be a easier and more intuitive to use.
The second usability study I conducted revealed frustration with the layout of the calendar. Users found that the dates did not have enough white space. I amended this by making the dates more spaced out.
Early design allowed for some customisation but after the usability studies, I changed the layout to be a easier and more intuitive to use.
The second usability study I conducted revealed frustration with the layout of the calendar. Users found that the dates did not have enough white space. I amended this by making the dates more spaced out.
Before usability study
After usability study
Before usability study
Before usability study
After usability study
After usability study
what i learned
what i learned
what i learned
Designing the Palendar app from 0 to 1 at such an early stage in my career taught me the value of conducting multiple usability studies throughout the design process. These studies were instrumental in shaping the app to be more user-friendly. Feedback from users shaped each iteration, revealing how my own biases had, at times, subtly influenced the design - be it from a false concept I initially had of the typical user flow, to the general layout of the app. This experience helped me to recognise the danger of assuming my perspective as representative of the entire user base, and it instilled in me the importance of designing with a broader, more inclusive mindset.
Designing the Palendar app from 0 to 1 at such an early stage in my career taught me the value of conducting multiple usability studies throughout the design process. These studies were instrumental in shaping the app to be more user-friendly. Feedback from users shaped each iteration, revealing how my own biases had, at times, subtly influenced the design - be it from a false concept I initially had of the typical user flow, to the general layout of the app. This experience helped me to recognise the danger of assuming my perspective as representative of the entire user base, and it instilled in me the importance of designing with a broader, more inclusive mindset.
Designing the Palendar app from 0 to 1 at such an early stage in my career taught me the value of conducting multiple usability studies throughout the design process. These studies were instrumental in shaping the app to be more user-friendly. Feedback from users shaped each iteration, revealing how my own biases had, at times, subtly influenced the design - be it from a false concept I initially had of the typical user flow, to the general layout of the app. This experience helped me to recognise the danger of assuming my perspective as representative of the entire user base, and it instilled in me the importance of designing with a broader, more inclusive mindset.
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