Broker Ease
Broker Ease
A one stop destination for all the Auto Brokers to maintain and manage their business hassle free.
Role: UX Research, Visual Design, Prototype
Duration : 6 Weeks
About App
A one-stop destination for all Automobile Brokers to control and organize their business information. It allows the user to view and manage all the types of data related to the customer/client details, the vehicles purchased or sold, lincense, total turnover and so on.
It enables the user's ability to register new clients, manage all information digitally, and minimise manual work.
Design Process
Foundational Research
Research Goals
To gain a better understanding of how the automobile broker business operates.
Identify the user's pain points.
Recognize user needs.
Research Methodology
To empathize and recognize user needs in more depth, I dived deep into the user’s primary business functions and requirements. With the goal of better understanding the user and their point of view, my team conducted user interviews and meetings to review insights and identify problems that users are experiencing.
Research Insights
Most common experiences & struggles
It can be difficult to keep track of all the client data for a large number of clients.
Sending reminders and keeping track of each client's fine deadlines is a task.
Maintaining each client's documents and files separately can become complicated.
When it comes time to pay EMI and fines, customers ignore calls.
The enquiries and actual leads are frequently mixed up.
Manual work and offline updating can be time consuming.
Most significant struggles & needs
Users wish there was a simpler way to look through a specific client's details without having to go through every file and database.
Users requested a bulk export that would allow them to print or export a list of specific clients and their information to transfer around databases.
Users asked if there was a convenient way to contact clients rather than calling them every time & send reminders regarding fine, seize and sell .
Personas
Storyboarding
I created two small storyboards to better relate to the user and consider the user's real-life scenarios when interacting with the product.
A) Bigger Picture
B) Close Up View
User Journey
To Empathize with the user much efficiently, I created User Journey Maps which helped me in getting a detailed view of user situations. You can find the journey maps below to get a better idea of users scenario.
Problem Statement
With the foundational research that I conducted to understand the user needs, I arrived at the following problem statement :
Challenges
Create a mobile app that enables vehicle brokers to manage all of their business-related information in one simple location.
Proving the users with a effortless user experience.
The user requires something to reduce manual work and increase task speed.
Something more manageable and capable of providing quick information.
A way that simplifies the work, reduces paper work, and allows to keep track of monthly finances with more customizable options.
Users want a simple way to contact and remind their customers.
Problem
There isn't a specific app on the market for managing a vehicle broker's business and minimizing manual work. The market requires an app that focuses on the needs of auto industry executives, assisting them in growing their businesses and going digital.
Information Architecture
Wireframes
UX-Concept Testing on Low-fidelity Prototype
I conducted usability studies and UX testing as it is more convenient and time-efficient to iterate on low-fidelity designs before moving on to high fidelity designs .
You can also find the Lo-fi prototype that was tested during this process here!
UX Concept testing Methodology
Unmoderated usability study
Location : India, Remote (participants will go through the usability study in their own homes)
Date: Sessions will take place between March 14 - 15.
Each session will last for 25-30 minutes
After the sessions participants will have to submit answers for a system usability scale questionnaire.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
KPI 1 ~ Time on task :
How much time does the user require to complete the given tasks?
KPI 2 ~ User error rates :
How often does the user get stuck while using the app?
KPI 3 ~ System Usability Scale :
A questionnaire to evaluate customer feedback.
System Usability Scale Results
Participants scored the following ten statements by selecting one of five from responses that range from “Strongly Disagree(1)” to “Strongly Agree.(5)”
Affinity Mapping
On Basis of the findings, I attempted to create an affinity map in order to gain some useful insights for futher iterations of the designs.
Actionable Insights
Design Iteration
After deriving the insights of the UX-Concept testing , and reflecting upon the previous iteration of designs. I then started iterating and updating my designs according to the insights suggested to fix the flaws in my low fidelity designs.
Style Guide
High Fidelity Prototype
Here is the Final Design of the product after all the Iterations and research!
Login
Tabs
Options
Options
Client Detials
Future Scope
Conclusion
Documenting my Design process was Quite of a process as this was one of my first major projects,but here are some takeways:
UX Research is always important before starting any projects as it gives a complete overview about user needs and how the existing product can be improvised, making the user experience with the product much smoother.
The UI designing process taught me to focus and have a small and detailed approach.
Next Phase
To create a Super Admin panel dashboard which contains all the details and rights to manage admins & login rights of the app.
To have a a client-side app which would enable clients to interact with brokers directly, request assistance, without physically visiting the broker's office.
To Introduce a feature that has a database of all the cars and vehicles the broker is able to offer to their clients, making it simple for the broker to share information directly over the phone or device rather than keeping brochures for every vehicle and verbally going over each feature.
Thank you for taking your time to go through my work