Product Design
Risk Management as a Service
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Setting the context
A product to mitigate risk in construction
projects for all parties.
A product to mitigate risk in construction
projects for all parties.
Create a platform for:
- Homeowners
- Building contractors
- Banks & lending institutions
To address known pain points such as:
- Payments
- Tracking of construction progress
- Change orders
Platforms:
iOS, ANDROID
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My Role
My Role
- Conduct user research & testing
- Product strategy
- Aligning stakeholders on product goals
- Visual & Interaction design
- Prototyping & designing user flows
- User testing feedback & QA with devs
Design Goals
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Product Goals
- Streamline the construction finance arena
- Send Verified Disbursements
- Score Loan Health of a project in real-time
- Virtual inspections of building phases
STEP 1:
Approve Submitted Work from Subcontractors
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- User receives notification on homescreen that there is work from subcontractors to review
- Clicks on notification
- Looks at supporting documentation provided
- Compares progress of work with amount requested
- Approves or declines sign off on milestone
STEP 2:
Upload Supporting Documents
STEP 2:
Upload Supporting Documents
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- User clicks on one of their active projects
- Scrolls through the project milestones
- Drills down into a checkpoint
- Clicks on thumbnail of media that is required
- Uploads a supporting photo or video
STEP 3:
Submit Uploaded Supporting Documents
STEP 3:
Submit Uploaded Supporting Documents
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- User expands bottom drawer
- Uploads invoices
- Verifies dollar amount requested
- Submits draw request
Project Learnings and Pain Points
- Ensure proper functionality of built elements through testing and QA
- Take time to cultivate relationships with dev team to walk through designs
- Have a holistic vision of how various users will engage with the product as well as one another through the product
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