Challenge Summary
Challenge Summary
Welcome to the IBM - Whitewater Ecosystem Illustration Design Challenge! This challenge is focused on creating one screen that shows a roadmap/journey for using our Whitewater ecosystem.
This challenge is going to be single round, so jump in now and start showing us your creative ideas.
Challenge Description:
The goal of this challenge is to improve the given roadmap visual (whitewater-journey.png). The client wants to represent this information as a picture that suggests a journey, with many different on ramps and off ramps. So you can stay on for the whole journey, or do just the parts that are needed for your project.
We are looking for the [topcoder] design Community to help us with improving this visual.
Design Goals:
- What should this image look like?
- How quickly the user can find what he wants?
Design Guidelines:
- All submissions MUST follow IBM Design Language, refer client website: http://www.ibm.com/design/language/index.shtml
-- Layout: http://www.ibm.com/design/language/framework/visual/layout.shtml
-- Typography: http://www.ibm.com/design/language/framework/visual/typography.shtml
-- Iconography: http://www.ibm.com/design/language/framework/visual/iconography.shtml
-- Color: http://www.ibm.com/design/language/framework/visual/color.shtml
-- Interaction: http://www.ibm.com/design/language/framework/interaction/introduction.shtml
-- App Inspiration: http://www.ibm.com/design/language/inspiration.shtml
- Click around Client Design Brand site to get familiar with more client design brand that not stated in this challenge spec.
- Make sure create all your graphic in 'vector' format (buttons, icons, etc), so when resize for bigger versions, graphics will still look sharp!
- Particular logos for the different programs may not be available for this Challenge, so if you'd want to include them in your design, please use placeholders in their own layer/section so they can be added or adjusted later.
Required Screen Size:
1024x768
Supporting Documents:
- Team Journey (whitewater-journey.png);
Required Screen:
- Please refer to whitewater-journey.png
Here is the text on the current image
1- Team Journey
A- I am a product team member and:
- I need help prioritizing development to get the most user impact:
-- Whole team approach workshop
- I need guidance for best practices for success with continuous integration or continuous deployment:
-- Whitewater answers (internal stack overflow)
- I need better synergy across design, development and PM:
-- Whitewater Basecamp and Summarizer
- I need to use the best tools to support continuous integration or continuous deployment:
-- Whitewater enabler
- I need to promote my product and measure usage:
-- TAP catalog (TAP = Technology Adoption Program; TAP catalog is an internal web-based catalog where people post their technology innovations)
- I need short term incremental designer, developer or test help:
-- Whitewater matchmaker:
--- Topcoder
--- Liquid
--- Garage
--- BizTech
B- I have an idea or innovation:
- I want to build it:
-- Whitewater matchmaker:
--- Topcoder
--- Liquid
--- Garage
--- BizTech
- I need help creating it:
-- ifundIT:
--- Whitewater matchmaker:
---- Topcoder
---- Liquid
---- Garage
---- BizTech
So basically the main goal is to improve the graphic provided.
Note: the terms used in the graphic represent different services available to IBMers. Liquid, for example, is an internal competition community, like TopCoder. ifundIT is a program that IBMers can use to get funding for an idea. Whitewater is a development ecosystem that people can use for various parts of their journey.
Important:
- Keep things consistent; all graphic styles should work together.
- Ask questions early, so you don’t go down the wrong path!
Target User:
- The target audience for this application will be IBM employees.
Judging Criteria:
- How well you plan the user experience and capture your ideas visually.
- Cleanliness of your graphics and design.
- Creativity and ease-of-use is key to the success as it must be engaging to users.
Submission & Source Files:
Preview Image
Please create your preview image as one (1) 1024x768px JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode at 72dpi and place a screenshot of your submission within it.
Submission File
Submit JPG/PNG for your submission files.
Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Illustrator as a layered AI file.
Final Fixes
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to modify your graphics (sizes or colors) or modify overall colors. We may ask you to update your design or graphics based on checkpoint feedback.
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.