Conceptualizing a philanthropic tool with OOUX
Discovering complex connections between people
THE CHALLENGE
This organization within a University had an idea to disrupt the current way philanthropic organizations find donors. The tool would visually map relationships between things like people and organizations.
The challenge was making a tool that was easy to navigate, and aligned with the mental models of researchers who would be using it.
How I helped
Using OOUX best practices to define the systems architecture and content needs through a set of week long workshops with stakeholders, developers, and designers. The result was a defined set of objects, content, and metadata.
Facilitated an ORCA sprint
After the workshop, we needed user input on to identify terms that clearly resonated with the audience group. The findings allowed us to narrow down on terms for the various nodes and connections to test out in the BETA version of the product.
Card sort study
I produced detailed diagrams mapping how the different nodes, cards, and panels would work within the system.
System Mapping
In order to use time efficiently, I concentrated on creating simple wireframe sketches that conveyed content and metadata. These sketches were designed to be as cost-effective as possible and to generate reusable components.
Wireframe concepts
Results
This work informed a BETA version of the product to be developed for further research and to help gather additional funding.