Enhancing the user experience by giving user control for running jobs, catering to all types of users came from different expertise.

Enhancing the user experience by giving user control for running jobs, catering to all types of users came from different expertise.

Enhancing the user experience by giving user control for running jobs, catering to all types of users came from different expertise.

HPC | Big Red 200

HPC | Big Red 200

HPC | Big Red 200

Role

Role

UX Research and Design

UX Research and Design

Competitor Analysis

Competitor Analysis

Stakeholder Analysis

Stakeholder Analysis

Sketching

Sketching

Impact

Impact

20% increase in user engagement

20% increase in user engagement

15% decrease in information overload

15% decrease in information overload

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What did I do?

Performed a user research and interviewed the users who are from diverse expertise backgrounds.

What did I do?

Performed a user research and interviewed the users who are from diverse expertise backgrounds.

What did we find?

What did we find?

Discovered that users are facing challenges with command-line interfaces, particularly due to varying levels of expertise.

Why did I choose Teams?

Why did I choose Teams?

Supercomputers play a critical role in advancing research in medicine, finance, and space, but their potential is often hindered by complex interfaces.

What I design?

What I design?

Designed a intuitive GUI that simplifies job control, provides real-time feedback, by offers industry-specific customizations.

Jump to Features

Jump to Features

What did we find?

Discovered that users are facing challenges with command-line interfaces, particularly due to varying levels of expertise.

Why did I choose Teams?

Supercomputers play a critical role in advancing research in medicine, finance, and space, but their potential is often hindered by complex interfaces.

What I design?

Designed a intuitive GUI that simplifies job control, provides real-time feedback, by offers industry-specific customizations.

Jump to Features

The Context

The Context

The Context

Supercomputers play a crucial role across multiple domains:

Geology

Geology

Chemistry

Medicine

Finance

Space Programs

The Identified challanges

The Identified challanges

The Identified challanges

Insights we gained through research and user interviews with

supercomputer users.

Insights we gained through research and user interviews with

supercomputer users.

File Management

Users struggle with transferring files between local machines and supercomputers.

Command-Line Interface (CLI)

Non-technical users find it difficult to navigate the command-line interface, which is the primary mode of interaction.

Resource Estimation

Users often miscalculate the computational resources required, leading to system inefficiencies.

Memory Management

The complexity of managing memory and understanding system errors further hinders the overall experience.

Job Submissions

Users face challenges in submitting jobs and lack proper feedback on job completion.

Our Design Goal

Our Design Goal

Our Design Goal

Simplify User Onboarding
Error Recovery & Fault Detection
Industry-Specific Customization
Create a Seamless File Transfer System
Provide Real-Time Feedback

Initial Sketches

Initial Sketches

Optimised Information Architecture

Optimised Information Architecture

Hi-fidelity prototypes

Hi-fidelity prototypes

After multiple iterations we have created the hi-fidelity prototypes to check how our end product gonna look like.

After multiple iterations we have created the hi-fidelity prototypes to check how our end product gonna look like.

Reflections

Reflections

Reflections

Things I Learned

Things I Learned

Things I Learned

Learned balancing the Aesthetics and Functionality

Learned balancing the Aesthetics and Functionality

As a UX designer, by working on the Teams redesign project I understood the critical importance of balancing visual appeal with practical functionality. It's essential to create designs that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly usable and efficient. This balance is key to improving user adoption and satisfaction in professional tools like Microsoft Teams.

As a UX designer, by working on the Teams redesign project I understood the critical importance of balancing visual appeal with practical functionality. It's essential to create designs that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly usable and efficient. This balance is key to improving user adoption and satisfaction in professional tools like Microsoft Teams.

Leveraging Design Systems for Consistency and Innovation

Leveraging Design Systems for Consistency and Innovation

Working within the constraints of Microsoft's Fluent 2 design system revealed both the challenges and opportunities of established design frameworks. While ensuring consistency across the platform, it also provided a solid foundation for innovative solutions like the "Event Accordion".

Working within the constraints of Microsoft's Fluent 2 design system revealed both the challenges and opportunities of established design frameworks. While ensuring consistency across the platform, it also provided a solid foundation for innovative solutions like the "Event Accordion".

User-Centric Approach to Information Architecture

User-Centric Approach to Information Architecture

The process of reorganizing content and improving information hierarchy emphasized the crucial role of a user-centric approach in UX design. By prioritizing features over news and introducing clearer navigation, we aimed to reduce cognitive load and improve user experience.

The process of reorganizing content and improving information hierarchy emphasized the crucial role of a user-centric approach in UX design. By prioritizing features over news and introducing clearer navigation, we aimed to reduce cognitive load and improve user experience.

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