Project Brief

Design a solution that addresses a specific problem in neurodiversity, integrating both a physical product and a digital companion. The digital component must thoughtfully apply principles of microinteractions to enhance the overall experience.

My Role - Project Manager

  • Established project scope and team coordination
  • Facilitated design workshops and maintained project timelines
  • Research scopes and synthesize findings
  • Coordinated user testing and feedback collection
  • Build rapport to facilitate effective communication
  • Prepared final deliverables
Tools
Duration
Academic
Figma, Slack, Google Suite, Loom, Claude, Miro
8 weeks
Spring 2025
Team

Harmony

Joan

Yooji

Z

UX Research - Systems Lead

Product Lead

UI Lead

Marketing Lead

High fidelity prototype of UGLOO watch and its components

Project Scope

Success Metrics

KPI's

Defined success metrics measuring communication effecti-veness, team engagement, meeting participation, and weekly deliverable quality through centralized Slack project management features to ensure accountability and improved collaboration.
Achieved rapid response communication standards and weekly assignment completion tracking by leveraging systematic Slack project management processes that enhanced team accessibility and streamlined organization.

Iterative Process

Challenge

  • Initial feedback: inability to define user success metrics for children
  • Scope of needs too broad across diverse user range
  • Product feature set was unfocused and overwhelming

Workshop

  • Conduct team heat mapping exercise
  • Narrowed problem identification and prioritization process with current research and proposals
  • Team discussion on singular problem definition

Outcome

  • Focus: Relationship building between child and support network
  • Product Solution: Smart watch with integrated fidget device
  • Key Function: Real-time biometric and self-regulation data sharing with caregivers, clinicians, and educators

User Testing & Feedback Collection

Facilitated interview rounds with industry professionals
Recorded feedback for physical and digital components
Practice iterative design cycles based on feedback and usability insights

Sketches of UI pages

Final Deliverable Prep

Developed storyboards through iterative process while highlighting the feedback system for effective use case story telling
Created a brand guideline sheet establishing visual identity allowing for design consistency across digital and product platforms
Produced future roadmap outlining strategic development phases and opportunities for UGLOO
Iterative design process of storyboard highlighting UGLOO feedback system

Refelction

I liked that our team was able to deliver a system that helps children become aware of their behaviors and communicate biometrics to their caregivers.
I wish we had the ability to have a high fidelity tangible product. It would have given a chance for another round of insightful user research.
I wonder if the UGLOO system could leverage personalized metrics and feedback to deliver tailored care experiences that foster the child's self-actualization journey.
Photo of team presenting low fidelity concepts to class
UGLOO Presentation Deck
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