Challenge Summary
Welcome to OPM Wireframes Contest. We need you to create HTML wireframes for a government financial application.
Round 1
For your R1 deliverables please submit the following requirements for stakeholder review:
1. Searching for an Account Tab
2. Employee Tab is now the Account Tab
3. Account Summary & Account Notes
4. UI Improvements
5. Approve Functionality
6. Tab Task Notifications
7. Login Task Notification
8. New Fields for Account Summary
9. Report Consolidation
10. Print Summary for Employee
11. Print Statement on Multiple Tabs
12. Work Queue Improvement
13. Tables
14. Favorites
15. Reversal Payment
16. Status Bar
Round 2
For your R2 deliverables please submit the following requirements for stakeholder review (plus your original submission from round 1 with any stakeholder feedback)
17. Context Relevant Buttons
18. Service History Tab - Calculation Parameters Block
19. Input Field Checking
20. Hierarchical Workflows
21. Wizards for Tasks & Workflows
22. Wizards for Tasks & Workflows ? Part Two
23. Add Payment Form ? Default Value for Batch Number & Block Number
24. Financial Technician - Single Form
25. Funds Management - Single Form
26. Daily Reconciliation Report ? Additional Rows
27. Split FERS into FERS Deposit and Redeposit
28. Workflow Notifications
29. Error Notifications & Error Log
The primary goal of this contest is to create HTML wireframes by using a baseline wireframe which was built based on an existing desktop application.
In previous contests we ran requirements to duplicate an existing desktop application through HTML wireframes. Now we want to improve them and add new features. We also ran idea contests to help us out to improve the application; there is a document attached that covers all the improvements and features we need to add to the baseline wireframes.
In other words, you will use 2_BaselineWireframes.zip as basis of your work and OPM_SCRD_Idea_Generation_Document_042513_V3.docx as your “conceptualization” document. In this case you need to add good thoughts to these ideas and represent them in your submission.
Notice there is not a conceptualization document attached in this contest. Instead we provide access to a VM (Virtual Machine - remote server connection) with a working demo from the existing application and recorded videos that explain how the current application works. Also, there is a Users Manual. It’s not entirely necessary you go through all of this but you are encouraged to get familiar with these resources.
About OPM
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has an existing legacy application called the Service Credit Redeposit/Deposit System (SCRD). The mission of the Service Credit Redeposit/Deposit System (SCRD) is to compute deposits and redeposits, create an initial bill, post payments, and send out receipts to federal employees for periods of federal employment service that were either not covered by retirement deductions (deposits), or were covered and later refunded by the federal government (redeposits).
SCRD Application on VM
We have a copy of the application running on a virtual machine (VM). You will need to use a remote desktop connection tool in order to enter the VM and use the existing SCRD application. In order to gain access, please email the PM at rsial@topcoder.com. If you need assistance on the connection don’t hesitate to ask in forums.
- See how to connect to a VM using Windows OS instructions.
- See how to connect to a VM using MAC OS instructions. You could use MS Office's RDC too.
General Requirements
- Produce HTML click-through wireframes to fulfill the requirements from the idea generation document.
- The design should be simple, user-friendly and easy to understand. Avoid over populating spaces with too many form elements.
- Develop as many pages/elements you need to complete all the requirements.
Wireframes Requirements
Incorporate all of the ideas within the attached Idea Generation document into an existing set of wireframes. Some items are very specific in that we’re asking you to add a specific item. Other items are not as clear, and we’re relying on you to add some thoughts and interpret these ideas and include them in your submissions as mentioned above.
All submissions must address every idea raised in the document. If anything is missing, a submission will not have met this requirement and will be disqualified. There are 29 ideas that need to be incorporated into the wireframes, all with varying degrees of complexity.
The 1st 4 ideas in the Idea Generation document (Add Account Search Overlay, Change Employee Tab to Account Tab, Minimize Account Summary & Account Notes and Tab UI Improvements) have already been incorporated into 1_InitialWireframes.zip (an old previous version of the wireframes). As part of this task, you have to copy the 1st 4 items (described in the Idea Generation document) from the initial wireframes, into our baseline wireframes along with all of the new ideas. The copying of the 4 ideas from the POC wireframes into the baseline wireframes need to follow the style of the baseline wireframes.
About CCA Contests
- CCA (Competition Confidentiality Agreement) is required for this contest. If you don’t have a signed CCA on file you need to follow these instructions and then request for the access: http://apps.topcoder.com/wiki/display/tc/Competition+Confidentiality+Agreement+%28CCA%29
- If you have a signed CCA on file, send the access request for this project to: support@topcoder.com.
Target Audience
The main users of this web application will be financial planners and government employees.
Judging Criteria
- Capability to capture and represent the application features.
- User experience.
Submission File
All requested contest requirements/screens as clickable HTML files unless otherwise stated in the contest details.
Source Files
Wireframes should be built in Axure. The resulting files should have generated HTML files. Also, all the content must be listed and the pages are linked together to show page flow.
Preview Image
Create a 1024x1024 JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode and place a screenshot from your submission within it.
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.