HQ Smart Home
The goal is to allow residents and guests to utilize services that will provide a better quality of life, but also provide a framework to achieve a more sustainable and safer environment.
The resident who would be investing in living at the Smart City would be in need of a way to utilize technology as a means of understanding the environment around them.
Agile team of 3 UX Designers
2021 - 2022
Understanding the Problem
Cities that leverage Smart City solutions can improve their energy efficiency by 30% in 20 years. (Postcapes)
Knowing the User
Discovering the target user was the first step in understanding the need. I led Discovery sessions with the Product Owners to gain insight into key points of interest. I researched groups that are likely to benefit and gravitate to Smart living spaces to better understand who the future residents would be.
Product Vision & Solution
My main responsibility was taking ownership of the Sustainability portion of the Smart Home App. I took a deep dive into learning about key points of interest with conserving energy in living spaces, researching current Smart Home Apps and how they address sustainability, and meeting with leaders in the industry to ask first-hand questions.
Process
After determining the User Need and the Target User, we began determining the User Flows for each task a user would need to complete and looking for ways to minimize clicks per task. We used Figma and Figjam sessions to work cohesively as a team.
The visual aspect of the look and feel needed to express and embody the characteristics of how the living environment would look once constructed.
MVP
Our design team, along with business owners and ux researchers, identified the top functions needed for the first roll out in our agile process.
Sustainability Monitoring
Smart Home Access
Parking Assist
Take Aways
Keeping a solid view of the overall big picture without getting bogged down in little details helps the agile process.
