UX/UI design activity

Related to WP7; Initial proposal of tasks and deliverables in support to improving the User Experience (UX) of the VESPA Data Access Portal. 

Tasks

  1. Conduct a user experience (UX) audit of all user interfaces. It includes the analysis of the project and user goals, a usability evaluation based on heuristics (design principles and best practices), and the analysis of metrics data (eg: from Google Analytics). It will provide recommendations on how to improve the user experience.
  2. Conduct User Research to refine our understanding of users needs and behaviours; e.g. through user surveys, interviews, and contextual task analysis. It will help better inform design decisions and prioritise features/functions to design and implement
  3. Design the band identity of the project/product (VESPA), including a logo and style guide (fonts, colors, layouts, assets) that should apply and be consistent through all user interfaces and touch-points. It will reinforce trust and overall improve the user experience.
  4. Prototype and test design solutions (with potential users) for a selected set of problems, features or ideas. It should include the design a responsive and map-based interface.
  5. Support the development team to implement all design specifications produced in sub-tasks 3 and 4.

Deliverables

  • UX Audit Report
  • User Research Report
  • Brand Style Guide
  • UI Components Library
  • Interactive Prototypes and Specifications


User experience audit reports

VESPA UX Issues (living, shared version for annotations).

VESPA UX Audit Report #1 (May 28th, 2021)

VESPA UX Audit Report #2 (May 2022)

VESPA UX Audit Report #3 (December 2022)

Meeting notes

Milestones and roadmap

Status: Current design updates iteration #2 (dev version)

  • We agreed on an updated layout/design of the current version, focussing on small modif with large impact.
  • We plan for a redesigned VESPA Portal in a later stage.
  • We need to show progress at EPSC 2021 (mid Sep 2021), perhaps an update at dev level only (ideally a new prod version).


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February 2020: Kick-offMay 2021: MS23 User experience audit report about VESPA portal and interfaces #1 — month 15 (DONE)

May 2022: MS47 User experience audit report about VESPA portal and interfaces #2 — month 28

June 2022: MS48 Updated version of main portal with improved user interface, from SpaceFrog audit  — month 29 (this is a final version of the one to be presented at EPSC 2022)

May 2023: MS81 User experience audit report about VESPA portal and interfaces #3 — month 40

D7.8 New version of main portal with improved user interface — due month 48

This one may be an entirely redesigned version for inexperienced users (goes with alternative solutions for power users - tutos, Jupyter nb, OPUS platform…)

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