Challenge Summary
Welcome to the VUC Wireframe Design Contest!
The VUC (Value Unit Converter) is a mobile application for sales person to quickly determine a proposal price.
We’re looking for you to design a clean and easy to use mobile wireframe to capture the workflow and functionality from provided document.
Round 1
Submit for milestone review/feedback, at least include following screens
The 3 functions under 320x480 and 1024x768
- Value Unit conversion (based on an exhibit)
- Display and pricing of a specific product using its associated Value Unit Exhibit
- Creation of an inventory configuration for pricing of multiple products
Round 2
Submit for final review
- All required screens
- Any update from milestone feedback
Overview
The Value Unit Converter application is intended to provide the sales person the ability to quickly determine a proposal price using a mobile smart device. Determining a proposal price, particularly for software offerings priced with Value Units (VU) requires a complex calculation. If a client requests a quick price, the sales person either has to use a laptop application or access the IBM network to determine the price. Often access to the IBM network is not available or not practical, which delays getting the price to the client, potentially impacting the sale.
The GUI works with three areas of value unit pricing:
- VU Exhibit – This is the conversion of a system characteristic (such as MSUs) to the number of Value Units used for pricing.
- Products – This is working with a specific product to determine the price based on the number of value units calculated using the associated exhibit and the desired system parameters. Each product will have one VU Exhibit associated with it.
- Inventory – This is a collection of products that represent a configuration that is being priced.
Due to the wide variety of mobile devices, the design point should be such that both HTML5 and native Android implementation could be supported.
Primary Goals
The goal is to develop a wireframe of a GUI suitable for mobile devices of various sizes. The initial development is targeted at a minimum device level of Android 2.2, but should allow for support of tablet sized devices. This wireframe may also be used in implementation of an HTML5 web based GUI to support non Android devices.
How to create wireframe?
- You can build wireframe by Axure, and export to HTML files.
- Make sure all pages have a good click-path/user flow.
- Provide comments in your wireframe screen - help guide the client through your solution/idea
Requirements
- Following Mobile User Experience best practice (such as Android User Interface Guidelines), note your layout, UI element size and text size should work well under mobile and like a mobile application.
- Size: 320x480, 480x320, 1024x768, 768x1024. Although we only required 4 size here, but your UI layout should be simple and flexible to fit any size screen.
- Functions: (totally follow functions.doc)
- Value Unit conversion (based on an exhibit)
- Display and pricing of a specific product using its associated Value Unit Exhibit
- Creation of an inventory configuration for pricing of multiple products
Target Audience
The target audience for this application is the sales organization. It is intended to provide a quick, easy method for generating a proposal.
Judging Criteria
- The completeness of the design with regard to data display and flow between screens will be the primary criteria. Screens should be well organized, with a logical data presentation.
- How well your design follow Mobile User Experience best practice, and work well under different size.
What to Submit
Preview JPG/PNG Image File
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 ZIP File
All requested contest requirements as clickable HTML files or in the format stated in the requirements above.
Source ZIP File
All fully editable original source files of the submitted wireframe as required by the contest under "Source Files" in the side bar.
Final Fixes
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to complete one round of minor changes to ensure your submission meets the stated requirements of this contest. See more information about Final Fixes.
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.