DogGo

UI/UX | Android | iOS

June 2018 – July 2018

Project Overview

DogGo is a cross-platform app for the everyday working office dog. The app includes a weekly calendar for dogs to clock in their office visits, a directory of office dogs, and their dog profiles.

My Contributions

As the design lead, I kicked off this project by conducting user research and creating user profiles, flows, and stories. I also worked closely with the native iOS and Android developers on my team to create platform-specific designs, visual assets, and detailed style guides.

Motivation

The office I interned at (Big Nerd Ranch) recently implemented a dog policy that allows employees to bring their dogs to the office. There is a Google sign-up sheet to let others know when you are bringing your dog; however, it is rarely up-to-date.

Office dogs are very popular and we wanted to provide an easy-to-use application for everyone to learn about all the dogs in the office and keep a record of which dogs came in on which day.

User Research

In order to create user personas and user stories later on, I first interviewed some dog owners around the office. I spoke with 5 dog owners and 5 non dog owners and here’s what I found:

Overall, people love having dogs in the office. It makes the work environment feel like home.
Dogs are a great chance for people to socialize with others in the office, but dog owners have to be mindful of their work spaces and other dogs.
People have certain rules/things-to-know about their dogs (Eg. no treats, don’t pet belly area, might bark if they run into other dogs, etc.)
Very few employees are aware of the sign-up sheet and it is never utilized.
There is a definite need for a scheduling system.

Minimum Viable Product

↳ Definition: Basically, no matter how little time or resources we have, it MUST have these essential features in order to be reliable and functional.

Since we only had a 1 month time span for this project, I had to sort out all the requested features. To do that, I made a bunch of sticky notes of the features and organized them in a spectrum from most to least important.

What I Learned

Creating native designs specific to a particular platform makes the development work a lot easier for the engineer, since they can use native components out of the box.
Weighing design tradeoffs between native and custom designs – some custom components are easier to execute in one platform than the other, so it's important to work with both platforms to find a happy medium.
Documenting and spec-ing out the UI was key to making sure that the final product will accurately be built to reflect the prototype.

DogGo

Motivation

User Research

Minimum Viable Product

User Flow Diagram

Style Guides

iOS Prototype

Android Prototype

What I Learned