PROCESS
The first step was having a meeting with the team at The CANS and other members of the team especially developers to understand the nature of the product. What was clear was that we had to deliver in a short time. After initial briefing, a documentation was created for the product development. This contained all the key features that the application would have and how it would work, using use cases.
CHALLENGE
Compared to the regular process, we had to create the designs while the developers worked simultaneously, which can be very challenging. Normally, you have deliberations over design directions and experience flows, but this demanded that it was as usable from the beginning as possible. Thus, for this particular project, we went as basic as possible so that there is little need for major changes if the app work on the fundamental level. Colours were chosen on the fly as well. Eventually, the designs were shared as they were developed and work started to come together with the developers. We also had to do more meetings to run through certain decisions to get feedback from the developers to ensure we were building something usable.
ROUND UP
The first version of the application was completed within a month, with about 2 more weeks for further review and was subsequently launched.
The platform is now live on https://rise.com.ng/