As the sole designer of Primavera Analytics data management software, I used my UX design experience to ensure this app met all of the design standards that are present throughout the Oracle Primavera software. Here is roughly what my UX Process looks like, although it varies depending on the needs of the project.
Process
Design
Benchmarking
I started this process by researching other data management software, specifically software with grid functionality, to help give me an idea of the most effective way to display the information.
Sketching
After meeting with the stakeholders to determine any specs they had in the redesign, I created rough sketches of ideas that helped simplify the information architecture by eliminating extra pages and creating a more intuitive navigation.
Wireframes
After sharing these design ideas with the stakeholders, my next step in the UX process was creating wireframes using Sketch and putting these into InVision to show the user flow.
Low/High fidelity mockups
From there I took these wireframes and, using our existing components, created low and high fidelity mockups in Sketch that matched our design standards throughout all of our applications.
A fully functional InVision prototype
When presenting these visuals to the team, I created an InVision prototype, with the functionality of the app, so that the flow was clear to everyone, especially the developers.
Meetings with Developers for Final Implementation
After the final design was sent to development, I met with the developers throughout their implementation process to ensure that their version matched my visuals. The developers walked me through their prototype and during the walkthrough I would point out any tweaks or changes to be made based on any issues that were found.
Results
After this process, the stakeholders shared with me that this new design felt much more cohesive. The original application had twice as many pages as the new design and this change simplified the navigation greatly.
Because this application was meant to display and manage data from the Oracle Primavera software, I knew that condensing this data to shared pages, grids and tables would make it feel much less hidden and more manageable to the user. The user could more easily find the data, instead of having to dig through many pages and tabs to find what they were looking for.
A key example of this was how I took many of the different tabs displaying usage information and condensed them into a single homepage, so the user could immediately see the important information upfront. This fit well with the existing pattern Oracle had on other applications, so the user would be familiar with this navigation.