RightNow: A Productivity App
August 2020-December 2020
Team
Me, myself, and I
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Tools
Figma, Adobe After Effects, Miro, Photoshop, Balsamiq, Microsoft Excel, Google Forms
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Product
Centralizing productivity resources onto a minimal, meditative, and mindful platform
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Roles
UX Researcher and Analyst, UI and Visual Designer, and Product Designer
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Final Solution
Introducing the problem and goal
Problem: Anxiety affects 40 million Americans. In more specification, Time Anxiety is the feeling of time fleeting away, and this is particular comes from feeling unproductive, unorganized, and procastination. A pure focus on productivity can—ironically—prove counterproductive.
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Goal: Fortunately, there is an alternative approach: mindful productivity. With this in mind, I wanted to centralize and streamline the resources into an app that people can use.
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Mindful Productivity principles:
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Presence
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Awareness
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Single Task
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Motivation
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Breaks
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Reflection
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Environment
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Growth
Defining the problem
Interviews: To get a better insight on how other people are handling this situation. Confucted 12 face to face interviews.
User Persona: Condensed all the various users into a single persona, to ensure that the solution caters to all the problems they are encountering.
Considerations:
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How can we best optimize and centralize user desired resources?
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How can we encourage mindful productivity and growth?
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​How can we further motivate the user to work harder without increasing anxiety & stress?
Developing the solution
Competitor Analysis: ​To further understand the currently existing solutions and why they don't solve the problem. Conducting a SWOT analysis helped breakdown the products in a digestible way.
Feature Prioritization: ​Based on the findings so far, and further research into the top 15 products in this category, I listed out 10 of the most popular features and functions.
I then sent out a survey to the targeted audience and asked them to rate them based on their importance. I did this because I wanted to ensure that I could include everything the users were seeking.
User Journey: Done on Miro
Delivering the solution
Wireframes: Done on Balsamiq. Went through a round of critique and iteration befroe delivering the final prototype.
Branding:
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Green invokes feelings of peace, growth, and inner strength.
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Poppins font family is clear, crisp, and easy to read across different weights and colors
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Different button states to help the user navigate through the product smoother
Logo Design
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Motion Exploration: Breathing exercise circles to help users calm down and destress. Done on After Effects
Test 1 Test 2
Final Animation
High Fideltity Prototypes
Final Prototype run through
Testing the solution
User Testing: For the next 2 weeks, I had 6 users go through the product, as a form of moderated Guerilla Testing, and each of them gave me feedback on what was working, and what could be improved
Success Criteria:
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Can users login/sign up?
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Can users add a task?
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Can users complete a focused session?
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Can users complete a breathing session?
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Can users reflect in the mood journal
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Can users view their productivity insights?
Questions to ask:
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Do users find the interface appealing enough to return to the app?
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Is there a way for users to get to and from every screen?
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Will users get confused while navigating through the app?
Positive results and much more to do
​What I learned​
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Fail fast and keep iterating
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Remember your 'Why'
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Ownership is powerful
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Feedback is crucial to growing
​What I would do differently
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Create an onboarding experience
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Offer more information about the breathing sessions, Pomodoro Timer, concepts of Mindful breathing etc.
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Add the mood diary on the home page
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More accessibility options (greater color choice, text-speech etc.)
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Read about WCAG/W3C guidelines