Challenge Summary
Welcome to the "[CODEBLITZ] EMC Lightspeed Design Concepts Challenge". In this challenge we are looking for your best ideas and NEW ways to design some existing screens. There is no branding and everything is open. Show us your best UI and UX skills!
Round 1
01. Project View Screen
02. WBS View Screen
Round 2
01. Project View Screen
02. WBS View Screen
03. User Settings Screen
Challenge Overview
The goal of this challenge is to take some existing screens from a project management app and rethink the way they can be designed. We are looking for your NEW ideas! We DO NOT want to see redesigns that just improve upon the existing designs. We want to see something completely new and innovative. This is VERY IMPORTANT. Use the supplied screens as your source of the types of content and how it is categorized, but everything else is open to change and redesign.
A big part of this challenge is to also clean up the current designs and make them more usable. How can you make this look more modern and user friendly? Use current design trends in layout and UI. There aren’t any branding guidelines, but make sure your designs are clean and modern. Good use of white space, organization and smart of use of colors will be key to a successful design.
Areas to Explore
- New layout and organization of data
- Show us something BETTER than a confusing a table
- This is a web app, it should feel like one. It's needs good navigation, alternate ways to view content and user friendly features
- Great UI, icons, etc. Make this look modern!
- Use of color and typography. Think clean and simple. Sans serif fonts are your best choices here.
Items to Retain
- Current content and categories displayed in the table
- Navigation elements. Make this more user friendly and better organized
Design Requirements
- Desktop Resolutions, 1280px width, Height can expand with content
Branding Guidelines
- There are no branding guidelines or style guide. It is completely open.
- However, your designs should feel clean and modern. Smart use of color, white space and fonts are REALLY IMPORTANT.
Supporting Documents
- Screenshot.pdf: screenshots from the existing app. Use these as content only. DO NOT use these as inspiration for your designers
- Inspiration.pdf: We've included some examples of existing apps and project management software to get you thinking in the right direction. Use these as inspiration DO NOT copy. We want to see your original and new ideas.
Screen Requirements :
01. Project View Screen
- This is the main view of the application
- This serves as an aggregated view of all of the projects a user is currently a part of
- This needs to be extremely easy to use and understand for the user
- Rethink how the user will view their list of projects (and it’s associated information) outside of a table format. Show us something more modern
- Rethink the top navigation and how the user will move throughout the rest of the app
- Think about the best way to the user can view and navigate through potentially hundreds of projects at a time
- A user can click a project or a SERIES of projects to be taken into the WBS View
02. WBS View Screen
- From this view the user can view and add additional details around a project
- Add comments and update status of a project
- The WBS view is very specific to the SAP functionality and fields that are relevant to the PM if is also consistent with the Schema and should mirror it more than not
03. User Settings Screen
- This is a series of setting and selections that is available to user at ANYTIME in the app to readjust what projects and data they are being shown in the main content areas.
- This should be readily available, but out of the way. Could be represented with an icon or within the navigation area. Show us your ideas for this
- The content and sections of this Settings screen should remain, but the layout can/should all change.
- Show us something that is more intuitive, modern and user friendly.
- Is the Add/ Remove option the best UX? Would dropdown or some other UI convention be better? Remember that the lists of selections will be VERY long
- The "Refresh Selection List" button isn't needed. The content and lists below that will dynamically update as you make your selections.
Target Users:
- Project managers
- PDM (delivery managers - may sub for a PM)
- Ops Managers
- Project Admins
Judging Criteria:
- Overall user experience and UI
- Your NEW ideas and execution of those
- Layout and execution of your overall design
- How well you meet the objectives of the challenge
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
Submit JPG/PNG for your submission files. Make sure you label and number your submission images correctly and in order you want us to view them. (01-filename.jpg, 02-filename.jpg, etc.)
Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Photoshop and saved as layered PSD 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 will 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.