Challenge Summary
Welcome to Kratos Status Report Illustration Design. This contest is to design a Status Report for printing. The client will update regularly with changes to the content.
Please read contest detail carefully, and please post your questions in the forums.
Round 1
Your submitted design solution for a review.
Kratos Status Report pages(s)
Notes.jpg: Any comments about your design for the Client
NUMBER YOUR SCREENS (01, 02, 03 etc.) - its easier to review with the client.
Round 2
Final All requested items
Kratos Status Report pages(s) Notes.jpg: Any comments about your design for the
Client NUMBER YOUR SCREENS (01, 02, 03 etc.) - its easier to review with the client.
Contest Details
Kratos is our NEW client and this is Kratos' first contest in Topcoder Studio. They need to test the design capabilities of Topcoder Studio. So, please bring your creative ideas that will impress them! Kratos is looking for a Visual Design of a Status Report for a UX group. They are looking for something flashy that is easy to read. As it's for a design group, it needs to have a high quality design.
Design Considerations
- The amount of data on the Status Report will change over time. We need some nice designs that can be flexible to handle more or less text.
- We are looking for creativity and originality. Feel free to add original graphics or other stock images to your design.
- With some table of data on the page, the design must display an excellent use of typography. The text information provided may be reorganized to suit your layout. Again, be creative!
- Provide us with the best practices for how the Status Report should look.
- Design should capture attention from a distance, and then the viewer can come in close and read the specific info as stated below.
- The design must look magnificient on paper print.
Design Requirements
- Media: Designed for paper in a 11x17 size or two 8 1/2 x 11 sheets (can be printed front and back).
- Font: Fonts are open to the designer.
- Color: Open to the designer.
- No gradient restrictions.
Status Report Sample Data
Title:
- (Do not display the word Title)
- What's Happening in UX (Need use a catchier title)
Date:
- (Do not display the word Date)
- Current week (e.g. October 31, 2011)
Team:
- This section will have three categories of team members:
--- Company
--- Contractors
--- Partners.
- Each category would have 1-5 names
Project Engagement
- This section should include the title Project Engagement
- Data varies between 4-6 projects.
- The types of information for each project include:
1. UX Strategy
2. UX Team
--- # of roles will be between 5 and 8
3. Key Activities/Areas of Focus
--- # of key activities per project will be between 1 and 5
4. Areas of Concern
--- # of Areas of Concern will be between 1 and 3. Each area of concern will have between 0 to 2 actions
- Need some visual indicator (green, yellow, red or an icon, or any idea?) to indicate how the project is going.
- Sample of the data: Project-Engagement.png
Coming up
- (This section should include the title: Coming Up)
- Intent to describe what is planned for the next 90 days
- 4 sections titled: Previous last month, 30 current month, 60 next month, 90 following month (example October; 30 (as an image) November; 60 (as an image) December; 90 (as an image) January)
- FYI: In the future each section contains 1 to 6 items.
- Sample of the data : Coming-Up.png
3 Year Plan
- (This section should include the title: 3 Year Plan)
- Intent of this is to describe the focus for the current year and following 2 years
- 3 sections titled FY12 – Foundation; FY13 – Optimize; FY14 – Accelerate
- Each section will have varies key topics and subtopics. Each section should can handle more or less text.
- Sample Data: 3-Year-Plan.png
Target Audience
Client Workers
Client Executives
Judging Criteria
- How well you create "Status Report Illustration" area
- Cleanliness of your graphics and design
- Originility and Uniqueness
Resources & Requirements
IMPORTANT
- Keep things consistent. This means all graphic styles should work together.
- All of the graphics should have a similar feel and general aesthetic appearance.
Submission & Source Files
Preview Image
Please create your preview image as one (1) 1024x1024px JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode at 72dpi and place a screenshot of your submission within it.
Submission File
All Requested Contest Submission Requirements stated above.
Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design as required by the contest, such as layered EPS, AI or InDesign files with 300dpi resolution.
Final Fixes
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to modify your graphics (sizes or colors) or modify overall colors.
Please read the challenge specification carefully and watch the forums for any questions or feedback concerning this challenge. It is important that you monitor any updates provided by the client or Studio Admins in the forums. Please post any questions you might have for the client in the forums.