The most important aspect that was taken into consideration was the number of screens. Since, it was going to be a monitoring system, it was decided that it would be a single screen interface. More weightage was given to visualization of data.
In the system, time was visualized by rectangles while the task was represented by a dots. The target users’ age is above 45 years, so special effort was taken to avoid mental calculations that may be needed to perform any tasks.
Task Monitoring System
The Objective:
Design a task monitoring system that would help a supervisor:
- To determine if the tasks have been completed and to assist in monitoring the task assignment.
- To transfer the task from one technician to another (reassigning the task).
Highlights:
- Single screen
- Stats about the tasks at glance always
- Timeline according to the work hours
- Shapes like dots and bars help quantitative comparison without the need of a number
- Reassign suggestion
- Localized notifications
Tools used:
Pencil-Paper, Mockplus, Sketch 3.0
The Concept
The Process
Paper protoypes were made in order to materialize the concept of a ‘Single-screen’ interface. The layout changed over the numerous iterations and was finalized to be an accordion (with multiple expansions).
The wire-frames were converted into mockups using Mockplus where the interactions were designed. The dot visualization of the task was finalized in this stage. After a peer-design review, some suggestions were incorporated into the final design.
The Product
