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PetVet
Role/Team
User Researcher
Team of Four
Tools
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Duration
4 Months
Problem Summary
By conducting research into pet owners we found when people adopt animals and have to learn the hard way on how to manage their own lives and their pet’s.
We believe that there is a gap in information that needs to be filled for people new in raising a pet.
The idea was to improve the experience of finding recommended brands and services for pets.
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User Research
After conducting interviews we talked to participants about their experience with grooming their animal while taking notes detailing their answers. We ran a Contextual Inquiry asking them about their experience looking for groomers, their past experiences and things they look for in a groomer.
Click to view usability test results
Scenarios
The scenario is centered around the club leader trying to find a way on spreading the word on their organization’s existence. The leader is in charge of running the club and maintaining its members. This also includes bringing new members to help grow the club in size.
Task Analysis
By conducting research into pet owners we found when people adopt animals and have to learn the hard way on how to manage their own lives and their pet’s.
By conducting research into pet owners we found when people adopt animals and have to learn the hard way on how to manage their own lives and their pet’s.
Brand Browser
This task tackles diets, recommendations and information on the packaging.
Grooming
Give the users recommendations based on their pet and help guide them into choosing a groomer that will do what they need.
Medical and Diet suggestions
Display typical and potential diseases by the breed of pet to the users.
Brand Browser
This task tackles diets, recommendations and information on the packaging.
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Design Sketches
By conducting research into pet owners we found when people adopt animals and have to learn the hard way on how to manage their own lives and their pet’s.
I was tasked with coming up with sketches for the Grooming section.
Other sketches from other group members include Homepage, Pet Recommendation/Survey and diseased.
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Visual Design
The group developed a typography guide to help to clarify what resources we would be using for the rest of the project.
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Font Used
Roboto
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Roboto Bold
Roboto
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Colors Used
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Pacific Blue
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Phthalo Blue
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Dark Purple
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Yellow Munsell
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White
High-Fidelity Wireframes
Prototype
What We Learned
Most users found the design of the application to be relatively pleasing to the eye with the combinations of colors and fonts. However, there was general confusion from the icons used and the inconsistency between systems between the tasks such as the grooming vs veterinary tasks.
We wanted to make the design friendly and as simple as possible to cater to the large demographic of pet owners
Focused on the scheduling and product side of pet ownership as to reduce the breadth of the project
There was a focus on only cats and dogs, as that was the largest demographic for pet owners in the world and to reduce the variables to design around.
Colors were mainly chosen based on value of the color rather than the difference in colors for color blindness
Positives
Negatives
Positives
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Conclusion
Most users found the design of the application to be relatively pleasing to the eye with the combinations of colors and fonts. However, there was general confusion from the icons used and the inconsistency between systems between the tasks such as the grooming vs veterinary tasks.
Next Steps:
● Implement more navigation options through the dashboard
● Fix the scheduling inconsistencies between the grooming and vet tasks
● Add more functionality for the shopping list and product information
● Change icons for easy understanding for the average users
● More app feedback for grooming and vet sections for user understanding
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