Appointment Maker

Appointment Maker

Responsibilities

User Research •

Information Architecture •

Wireframing •

• Prototyping

• Visual Design

• Conmmunication

Skills and Tools:

Design and Research

Programming

Project Duration:

8

Weeks

30+

Screens

About

Coursera

UX Design Certificate

Project 1


Design Thinking Process

Empathize

  • Personas
  • User Journey Map

Define

  • Defining problems
  • Competitive Audit

Ideate

  • Storyboards
  • Wireframes
  • Information architecture

Design

  • Branding
  • Visal Design
  • Prototypes

Testing

  • Usability Testing

01

Empathize

Empathize

  • Personas
  • User Journey Map

Define

  • Defining problems
  • Competitive Audit

Ideate

  • Storyboards
  • Wireframes
  • Information architecture

Design

  • Branding
  • Visal Design
  • Prototypes

Testing

  • Usability Testing

Personas

Goals

  • Personal Reminder
  • Conbine different task into one sheets
  • Manage meeting schedule
DIAGRAM
DIAGRAM

User Journey Map

Steps

Insert a goal

Select persona

Identify a business goal

Identify actions your persona takes

Identify tasks for each action

Identify how the persona feels at each point

Identify opportunities for improvement

Consider accessibility and check for bias in ideas

ACTION Determine meeting types at work Categorized meetings Find the overlapped meeting slot Move meetings to available slot Save and exit
Task List

A. open meeting sheets

B. merge sheets

A. mark them in different colors based on type

B. check the meeting types

A. mark them

B. prepare to move

A. find available slot

B. adjust meeting slot

A. save it

B. find exit

Feeling Adjective

· Confused

· Overwhelmed

· Intimidate

· Lost

· Overwhelmed

· Excluded

· Glad

· Relieved

· Excited

· Confused

Improvement Opportunities

· better way find all meeting schedule

· A app including all meeting schedule

· Realtime update meeting schedule

· Adjust meeting schedule easily

· Not allow meeting overlaps

· Auto save

· Meeting Alert

02

Define

Empathize

  • Personas
  • User Journey Map

Define

  • Defining problems
  • Competitive Audit

Ideate

  • Storyboards
  • Wireframes
  • Information architecture

Design

  • Branding
  • Visal Design
  • Prototypes

Testing

  • Usability Testing

Define problems

Problem Statement

Alex is a busy software engineer manager who needs a faster, more collaborative way to schedule many meetings from one application because scheduling meetings take too much time and effort to avoid meeting conflicts and absence.

Hypothesis Statement

Alex is a busy software engineer manager who needs a faster, more collaborative way to schedule many meetings from one application because scheduling meetings take too much time and effort to avoid meeting conflicts and absence.

Competitive audit

General information

UX Design

Outline the competitive audit goals

Identify competitors

Add competitor information

Add research findings

General Information

General information Calendly Doodle Acuity Scheduling Google Calendar
Competitor type Direct Direct Direct Indirect
Locations Atlanta, GA, US New York, NY, US Zurich, Switzerland Mountain View, California
Product Offerings

Sync calendar

Keep it private

Customized meeting calendar

Easy to schedule

Keep it private

Notification

Request booking information

Sync calendar

Keep it private

Set of meetings

Easy to schedule

Keep it private

Create multiple calendars

Sync calendar

Keep it private

customized reminder

Easily share

Create events easily

Events from Gamil

Schedule with map and images

Compatible Google products

Price/User/Month

8–12$+

free Basic

6–8.95$

14–day free trial

14–45$

7–day free trial

Free

Website calendly.com doodle.com acuityscheduling.com google.com/calendar
Business Size

Medium

120 employees

Small

50 employees

Small

11-50 employees

Large

135,000 employees

Target Audience Everyone Everyone Everyone Everyone
Unique Value Proposition Easy scheduling ahead Meetings made simple

All you need to do is

show up at the right time

Make the most of every day

UX Design

First impressions

First impressions Calendly Doodle Acuity Scheduling Google Calendar
Desktop website experience

Outstanding

+ Visually appealing imagery

+ Welcoming and easy to use

+ Clear branding

+ Lots of intuitive features engaging animations

Okay

+ Easy to navigate and find information

+ Makes customers feel welcome

+ Clear branding

− Feels a little dense

Understanding

+ Minimal features and visuals

+ Easy to navigate and find information

− Feels overwhelming in places

Good

+ Clean design

+ Clear branding

+ Easy to login with Google account

− Lack of features

Mobile website experience

Good

+ Fully responsive

+ Engaging animations

+ Menu is easy to read

Okay

+ Fully responsive

+ Interaction was not as smooth on mobile

— Need to login from beginning

Understanding

− Not fully responsive

+ Key information is presented

− need to swipe left and right to see the calendar

Good

− Not fully responsive

− Menu is hard to read

+ App can be downloaded to collect points

Interaction

Website Interaction Calendly Doodle Acuity Scheduling Google Calendar
Features

Outstanding

+ Scheduling

+ Personalized booking link

+ Calendar connections

+ Customization of notifications

Okay

+ Scheduling

+ Sync meetings to calendars

+ Request info from participants

+ Booking Page

Understanding

+ Scheduling

+ Google Meet, Zoom, and GoToMeeting integrations

+ Confirmation, reminder, and follow-up emails

− No personalized booking link

Good

+ Scheduling

+ Event reminder

− No customization of notifications

− No personalized booking link

Accessibility

Okay

− Website only available in English

+ Image of menu items are clear and legible

Okay

− Website only available in English

+ Menu is compatible with a screen reader

Okay

− Website only available in English

+ Menu is compatible with a screen reader

Outstanding

+ A multi-lingual website, available in 38 languages

+ Menu is compatible with a screen reader

User flow

Outstanding

+ Easy to find key info (menu, features, pricing)

+ Straightforward user flow

Okay

+ Easy to find key the menu

− Little bit hard to find a booking page

Understanding

+ Easy to find key the info

− Some links not related with scheduling

Good

+ Easy to find key the info

+ adding guests when scheduling, but no booking page to share

Navigation

Outstanding

+ Very Easy to navigate

+ Clear indication of clickable elements

Okay

+ Easy to navigate

+ Familiar way to navigate

Understanding

+ Easy to navigate

− Unfamiliar way to navigate

Good

+ Easy to navigate

+ Easy to switch languages

Website visual design

Website visual design Calendly Doodle Acuity Scheduling Google Calendar
Brand Identify

Outstanding

+ Strong branding identity, including color, font, style, motion, imagery, and photography

Okay

+ Clear color scheme, font, and animation

Understanding

− Visual design doesn't always support content intuitively

Good

+ Visual design communicates company ethos

Website content

Website content Calendly Doodle Acuity Scheduling Google Calendar
Tone

Outstanding

+ Engaging, concise, and informative

Good

+ Sophisticated and informative

Understanding

+ Serious and direct, friendly in some places

Good

+ Simple and direct

Descriptiveness

Outstanding

+ All key info is present

+ Focused on info relevant to target audience

Okay

+ Easy to follow

− Too descriptive

Understanding

+ Easy to follow

− Unnecessary details

Good

+ Short Easy to follow

+ Short and to the point

Competitive audit report

Analyze findings

Summarize findings

Competitive audit goals

Who are your key competitors?

What are the type and quality of competitors’ products?

How do competitors position themselves in the market?

How do competitors talk about themselves?

Competitors’ strengths

Competitors’ weaknesses

Gaps

Opportunities

•

Competitive audit goal

  • Compare the scheduling experience of each competitor's app as a new user and a returning user.
•

Key competitors:

  • Calendly and Doodle
  • are Easy scheduling application.
  • are direct competitors to Appointment Maker
•

Quality of competitors' products:

  • Calendly
  • The website and app have excellent scheduling features, which allow people to create different event types of appointments and share the meeting link easily with privacy.
  • Doodle
  • The design looks impressive but doesn’t always host an intuitive user experience.
•

Competitors market

  • Calendly
  • as a scheduling tool for everyone including sales, recruiting, customer success, manage and optimize the meeting lifecycle across workflows, team scheduling, integrations.
  • Doodle
  • a web-based scheduling tool that promises to eliminate the hassle of organizing meetings via email or phone.
•

Competitors self promotion:

  • Calendly
  • Schedule meetings without the back-and-forth emails, providing event types and workflow improving scheduling experience.
  • Doodle
  • Meetings made simple, Save time scheduling your day with the power of Doodle. providing book links on dashboard
•

Competitors' strengths:

  • Calendly
  • Using its visual design to communicate its company ethos
  • Customize dashboard, easy to find appointments
  • Manage and optimize the meeting lifecycle across your organization
  • Integrating screen reader
  • Doodle
  • Using its visual design to communicate its company ethos
  • Easy to find appointments on dashboard
  • required info when scheduling
  • Integrating screen reader
•

Competitors' weaknesses

  • Calendly
  • Not expanding its language options
  • Doodle
  • Not expanding its language options
  • No customization on dashboard
•

Gaps

  • Calendly
  • Core features are not all accessible without a premium subscription
  • Doodle
  • Only 14 — day free trial
•

Opportunities:

  • Calendly
  • One booking page including all event types on dashboard
  • Doodle
  • Provide customized appointment dashboard

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